"We Value Parenting, But Not Actual Parents."

What factors seem to be tripping up modern parenting and turning it into a newfound Olympic sport?

I am not personally sure whether it’s harder to parent now or 30 years ago, both because I don’t have kids and (as a result of the space/time continuum) I was not a parent 30 years ago either. It certainly seems harder, and a lot of the consternation about how Generation Alpha (those currently <14 years old) is being parented would seem to be tied to, w…