Ever read scary stories online? I used to, but over time I grew disenamored; every few stories would just be a "killing kids" or "toddlers dying" story. I saw a post recently where someone compared it to jump-scares. It is, it's a literary jump-scare: a cheap reaction play.
What makes it worse is that it clearly comes from a place of a younger author, or someone with no kids or dependents of their own.
Why is it so clear? Because being a steward for a small human is, in and of itself, full of fear and constant worry. That's the trick of the job.