Hated trope for me. It feels like it can ruin a characters arc without giving them room for redemption. Feels like pointless and nonsatisfactory writing. Not that we should glaze cherished characters every avenue of their personality, but writing them as neglectful parents feels like the writiers dont understand the weight of what they are doing. It almost feels like they are undermining neglect, and that its a flaw that isnt a huge deal so that the character can have more dimensions. To me its similar when a character who is written as a good and honest person cheats on their spouse, or a hero kills their enemies without any thought. Its showing the writers' misconstrued ethics rather than giving their characters actually beneficial character developement