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This. This is the way, we need to focus on the goal.
The goal can’t be to replay our own traumas against other struggling parents, which let’s be real does happen.
This isn’t to excuse abusive parents, quite the contrary!
We want to protect their kids. That has to be the goal.
The goal can’t be to replay our own traumas against other struggling parents, which let’s be real does happen.
This isn’t to excuse abusive parents, quite the contrary!
We want to protect their kids. That has to be the goal.
This is a hard thing to do, because most often it’s obvious to us when the thing the autistic kid needs protection from is the parent.
And we feel powerless against an authority figure we can’t seem to win against.
And that’s excruciating and *wrong*.
…but what’s the goal?
And we feel powerless against an authority figure we can’t seem to win against.
And that’s excruciating and *wrong*.
…but what’s the goal?
If the goal is to protect the autistic kid then the play has to be to find some way to make the parent let up.
And the way to do that is often to show the parent compassion and allow them space to process complexity that nobody seems to want to acknowledge.
But:
And the way to do that is often to show the parent compassion and allow them space to process complexity that nobody seems to want to acknowledge.
But:
