Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
It is typical. 
- Adult attention seeking.
- Parental guilt behaviors.
- Parental resentment behaviors.
- Learned helplessness.
- Those who got hooked on the "special" attention during pregnancy/birth and need that level to keep up.
- Those who have to prove to their spouse that no childcare will work so they can't possibly work: AKA Future SAHM's.
I am sure folks here can add to this list infinitely.
Part of this is a generation that has never heard no. They're used to never hearing no to outlandish requests and behavior. Anytime you say no they will try to blame it on some ism. Once you let one get away with it, you have to let everyone.
Each generation is getting worse.