Really, honestly? I wonder what she does if her kids ask her a question.
Back when DS13 was younger and 'playdates' were a group thing, I observed lots of parents who didn't really answer kids questions. Honest. They would change the subject, or give a silly answer. I just saw the movie 'Shallow Hal' and it referred to the idea that the brain interprets reality based on it's preconceived notions.
I think that most parents of ND kids start with a falsely low preconceived notion about what their child can understand, and then they have a few experiences where they do try an explanation, and the child loses interest. So they confirm their preexisting bias and stop.
I definitely took me a while to figure out what explanations my son would be interested in and which ones he would tune out.
But I know that ND parent's severely underestimate what their child might be able to handle, because my job will once in a while causes me to interact with children while their parents are in the room. When I treat the kids like intelligent creatures who have a smaller store of information, I can see the parent's eyes pop out in the corner of the room. Then the children respond with curiosity and interest, and I watch the parents eyes pop even more.
Sometime the parents will say something like: 'Did you hypnotize my child?'
Expectation creates our world every second. ((shiver))
Love and More Love,
Grinity
