I think the exponential growth of technology over the last century or two is starting to catch up with us. The oldest people alive lived through the vast majority of it. After millenia of evolution preparing us for a life and daily challenges and dangers completely unlike anything of today it makes sense that suddenly so many people are being diagnosed with ADHD and major depressive disorder and so many other things.
Parents are more neurotic because most of us are more neurotic and we’re just expressing and dealing with it in different ways.
I think the exponential growth of technology over the last century or two is starting to catch up with us. The oldest people alive lived through the vast majority of it. After millenia of evolution preparing us for a life and daily challenges and dangers completely unlike anything of today it makes sense that suddenly so many people are being diagnosed with ADHD and major depressive disorder and so many other things.
Parents are more neurotic because most of us are more neurotic and we’re just expressing and dealing with it in different ways.