Based on that description, almost sounds as if the parents were themselves on the spectrum, odd they have children like themselves huh...pic.twitter.com/TE2QIyrykN
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Prior to Benj. Spock there was a view that withholding of affection was an important part of the behavioral conditioning of children (IIRC)
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(Digression: Perret's biography of JFK says his mom followed such practices/beliefs. Again, IIRC.)
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(Point being, arguing withholding of affection caused autism may have been in part motivated as against the conditioning of kids view then.)
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(Some background, B. Spock books section, first three para.s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Spock#Books … ..
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(By coincidence(?) today at SSC, 'Adorno's authoritarianism scale.. traditional religious child-rearing style.' http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/01/neutral-vs-conservative-the-eternal-struggle/ … .. )
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(Hmm fwiw I suppose current successor to Spock would be
@FreeRangeKids ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-range_parenting …
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