Why Affluent Neglect is Making a Digital Comeback.

Emotional neglect of children is not a modern problem, it has been happening for centuries, hidden behind wealth, status and outsourced care.

The Industrial Revolution destroyed the village that once raised our children together, replacing it with institutions, nannies and boarding schools.

Today the smartphone has democratised that neglect and for the first time in history, any parent, anywhere, can be physically present and emotionally completely absent.