Paul Skallas put it best - Classical parenting resembles modern pet ownership. Modern parenting resembles endangered-species conservation.
If you start seeing modern parenting through this epistemological lens, it starts to make sense and eventually the consequences will follow
Nothing in my own parenting journey has radicalized me as much as the potty training subreddit. It is absolutely chock-FILLED with posts every day from parents who are like: "help! my kid is four and still not potty trained! i've tried nothing and i'm all out of ideas"