Many of the parents I, all of them but one mother, babysit for are like that, obsessed with their phone, command their children, etc.
Makes me so sad when the parents come home, I'd genuinely adopt them and support them by stripping away all my luxuries. I'd babysit, and often do, for free, just because I know otherwise who they will be with and how they'll be treated.
The largest (human) civil rights movement that needs addressing and is constantly ignored is the one for children. Stomped on, beaten, yelled at, essentially caged, and generally treated like property. The only one that even compares is Slavery, at least that I can think of, especially in terms of life-long damage and impact.