I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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Disproportion
/dɪspɹəˈpɔːʃən/
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incommensurabilityincompatibilityincongruityinconsistencyinconsonanceindiscriminatenessinequalityinequityinharmonious harmonyinjusticeinsufficiencyirreconcilabilityirregularityknotlopsidednessmarmost admired disordermutilatenonconformabilitynonconformity
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nonsymmetrynonuniformityoddsoverbalanceoxymoronparadoxperturbationpromiscuitypromiscuousnessquirkrandomnessscrewself-contradictionshortcomingtorsiontortuositytruncateturbulenceturntwistunbalanceunconformabilityunconformityunevennessunfair discriminationunorthodoxyunsymmetryununiformityupsetwarpwrenchwrestwring
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6 entrieseconomic disproportiongender disproportiongeographic disproportionracial disproportionregional disproportionsize disparity
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5 entriesdegree of disproportiondisproportion betweendisproportionate impactdisproportionate representationsignificant disproportion
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[…] a handsome creature, remarkably so, with features so symmetrical […] that a micrometer gauge could scarcely find a disproportion in her smooth and broad mahogany-coloured face.
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Then we, the social outsiders, turn around and dictate how men shall treat women (seldom, if ever, how women shall treat men; power in men's rather than women's hands being the excuse offered for this lop-sided arrangement), and how whites shall treat blacks (the same disproportion exists here too).
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the disproportion of the length of a building to its height
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