I just can’t with this woman. I honestly think at best it’s gender disappointment, at worst PND. But she genuinely doesn’t seem to like her child.
He may show ‘some traits’ of ASD, but most children do. He simply isn’t being parented (I don’t claim to be an amazing mother), but seriously, they simply don’t talk to him, don’t tell him no/set any boundaries. His diet is a joke (and feeding him a diet of junk food will neither help his development nor his behaviour). But most importantly, neither parent seems to like him. Yes he lashes out, but what child doesn’t. He’s tired, over stimulated, frustrated and probably hangry. The way she films him and shows him to the world in such a negative light is perverse, and totally unacceptable, he’s a toddler ffs. Seriously, my neuro typical child has always had genuine meltdowns, and I’ve had the odd black eye from a badly time lash out with a toy train being held. You work through these times, and certainly don’t film them! I just cannot understand how she or her huns find any of this acceptable.