Are we really worse parents than our own parents

I read all the newspaper coverage associated with the new childhood report and it was pretty dire, as usual working women get most of the blame and this makes me so cross.

Do the writers and researchers of these studies not remember back to their childhoods, as children we were expected to be out of the way all the time, under no circumstances were we to be around our mothers feet, we were sent outside in the morning, called back to eat and that was that. We did not chat with other adults, we called our parents friends Mr and Mrs so and so, we had no voice or choice we were simply told what was happening and that was that.

I do not think the problem lies with working mothers but perhaps the voice we have given our children is the problem and that they cannot cope with the power they have been given. I would love to know what you think about this matter - please comment below