Realistically, I know what I am writing is not going to change your mind. It might cause you to get defensive if anything else. But the fact that you have an autistic child and are operating on very outdated scientific ideas make me wish I could somehow.
I mean it is not surprising. Those ideas by Paul Ekman are still extremely popular. There are many fraudsters that use them to this day to get government founding and the like. So note that I am not calling you a bad person for falling for this. I am just saying you could be a damn good parent if you updated your views with a bit of more modern psychology.
Your first comment was entirely self focused. Your second comment was exclusively about autism and masking success. Your third comment was about attacking a straw man, Paul Ekman.
That is a pattern I have seen before. Nothing you wrote is incorrect, but there is a familiar pattern to it.
Your knowledge of psychology seems to be outdated by... several decades.
I recommend reading "How Emotions Are Made" by Lisa Feldman Barret.
If you don't recognize the name Lisa Feldman Barret, please google her. She is very acclaimed in the scientific world.
I also highly recommend watching anything by Ember Green, especially this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnd74yyf4nQ
Realistically, I know what I am writing is not going to change your mind. It might cause you to get defensive if anything else. But the fact that you have an autistic child and are operating on very outdated scientific ideas make me wish I could somehow.
I mean it is not surprising. Those ideas by Paul Ekman are still extremely popular. There are many fraudsters that use them to this day to get government founding and the like. So note that I am not calling you a bad person for falling for this. I am just saying you could be a damn good parent if you updated your views with a bit of more modern psychology.