My first thought when I saw this panel was "This could not be more hamfisted if it was a cop holding a entire honey-baked ham" but I think I've figured out my problem with how Williamson keeps trying to present Bruce and Damian's relationship as.
The panel reads: "We know how to be Batman and Robin, but I'm not sure if we know how to be father and son."
But with one little change it would fix a lot of the issues I've been having.
What it should say is: "We know how to be Batman and Robin, but I think we've forgotten how to be father and son."
With that little change it fully acknowledges, without pretending to forget their pre-existing development, whats been going on for the last few years (Bruce and Damian's estrangement and separation (makes them sound like a married couple, doesn't it? lol)) but doesn't specifying the editorially mandated bullshit that pissed off readers like myself so much and made that be the case in first place. It's one simple line change that (somewhat) justifies everything that came before and more or less streamlines its effects.
However, that's not what it says. It's the ignorance that Williamson keeps projecting that's been rubbing me the wrong way ever since he dropped the ball in Robin 2021. I'll keep being skeptical and pedantic.