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Originally Posted by Zee

Why the hell does this happen so much? Has it always been like this or am I only just noticing it now?

Because the modern, shallow, selfish western world of money and convenience has taken every aspect of connected, instinctual parenting and ripped it to absolute shreds. Mainstream parenting is a wreck at the best of times and, at the worst of times, it's this. Isolated, directionless, desperate people who simply crack right down the middle and lose control.