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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 536687" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>DD1 is this way, more so than son. </p><p></p><p>in my opinion and experience, it's not so much that these kids do not have empathy or do not have the ability for social engagement, it's that whatever abilities they do have are lacking in appropriateness. My son and my father are both VERY empathetic, but they haven't the first clue how to express it, so they stand around doing nothing. Son is getting better at this through practice, and Dad simply lends his ear (little do ppl know that he's not actually listening, but he nods his head to make it look like it) Kinda interesting. My Dad is the "best friend of the terminally ill". He's got many friends, but when any contracts a terminal illness, be becomes their BFF. The reason being that they can sit and talk to him for HOURS about everything, and he just pretends to listen. As long as one of his videos can be on in the background it becomes a 'perfect' relationship. He never offers, advice or sympathy or condolences, just that understanding nod.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 536687, member: 11965"] DD1 is this way, more so than son. in my opinion and experience, it's not so much that these kids do not have empathy or do not have the ability for social engagement, it's that whatever abilities they do have are lacking in appropriateness. My son and my father are both VERY empathetic, but they haven't the first clue how to express it, so they stand around doing nothing. Son is getting better at this through practice, and Dad simply lends his ear (little do ppl know that he's not actually listening, but he nods his head to make it look like it) Kinda interesting. My Dad is the "best friend of the terminally ill". He's got many friends, but when any contracts a terminal illness, be becomes their BFF. The reason being that they can sit and talk to him for HOURS about everything, and he just pretends to listen. As long as one of his videos can be on in the background it becomes a 'perfect' relationship. He never offers, advice or sympathy or condolences, just that understanding nod. [/QUOTE]
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