Parents are assumed to have much more power and responsibility for their kids' emotional states now. A kid dealing with a personal crisis or disappointment on their own often reads as parental neglect where it wouldn't have in the past.

I see. I was raising my kid beginning in the mid-eighties, so a little later than Philip and Elizabeth. I think I'm pretty clear about what constitutes actual neglect. For as long as I can remember, there have been people who made it their business to criticize the way other people raise their kids. It sounds that's been raised now to a whole new level.