Several of my therapists made comments like this to me.

When I was younger, I complained about my parents not understanding or relating emotionally to me. My therapist pointed out that unless my parents were abusive physically or verbally then they were likely in the "good enough" and average categories, so I shouldn't see myself as somehow uniquely victimized. She wanted me to put my average parenting problems into perspective. I think most younger people today are seen as whiners who cannot hack difficulties, so she wasn't going to encourage my whining for no good reason. Even though it hurt my feelings at the time, I think she has a point that most people today give parents the benefit of the doubt unless the parents were genuinely abusive in a physical, verbal or emotional manner.