“Son, today you’re going through the 2nd lesson of month 27 of the Communist Cuba Adulting Gauntlet. The task is to figure out how to get 15 miles home when your bike has a flat and you have no money or food. You can’t call anyone to pick you up. You can’t ask me any questions, but I’ll be here to make sure you don’t kill yourself…and stop crying. You’re already 12 years old.”
Yes! Never discovered ND-parents:
‘this is normal, everyone is like this, encountered problems are definitely because of something else unrelated to [insert neurotype]’
“Son, today you’re going through the 2nd lesson of month 27 of the Communist Cuba Adulting Gauntlet. The task is to figure out how to get 15 miles home when your bike has a flat and you have no money or food. You can’t call anyone to pick you up. You can’t ask me any questions, but I’ll be here to make sure you don’t kill yourself…and stop crying. You’re already 12 years old.”