Are parents too pushy?

Extracurricular Mandarin lessons and after school maths classes – these are just two symptoms of the "modern disease" of pushy parenting, according to Kirsty Young. The presenter of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs has accused Britain of becoming a "child-centric" society, where parents see their children's success as a direct extension of their own, and therefore start pushing them too hard, and at too early an age. Young says that this is particularly true in cases where a parent has left work in order to devote more time to their children. Is Britain raising a "Mini-Me" generation? Are parents living vicariously through their children? Or are you a pushy parent who can't see what all the fuss is about?