In a world where baby boomers (I forgot the politically neutral term, sorry) emotionally neglected their children, most turned to various media such as tv and internet (or other media) for their emotional management expectations, and role models.
It's a tradition that's continued with YouTube replacing tv and Netflix with movies.
My sister has 3 kids under 10. Every day they watch at least 3 movies, some of them atleast presentable as childlike learning, the others are just "whatever Netflix puts on"
Perhaps some of issues with emotional management expectations, roles models, etc. can be placed on baby boomers, but not solely for their parenting style. From what I have gathered over my life, it seems like many of the parents of baby boomers were far worse parents than the parents many baby boomers eventually became.
I would argue the most damage has come from the near complete and utter erosion of social communities. As the saying goes, "It takes a village [community] to raise a child." I can't name a role model in my community. In fact, I have no community that I can access without the Internet.
We went from "Survive together; thrive together" to "every man for himself" way too rapidly.
