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minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up97·edit-21 day agoMan those parents. Oof. I do not wanna be in their shoes. Telling your kid that needed an emotional support robot friend that the robot friend is going to take a nap for a long time and might not wake back up? Ooo boy. Helping a kid through a divorce is hard enough. This seems like a terrifying nightmare.
minus-squareGHiLA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·19 hours agoA parent with autism is probably seeing it as another “could’ve been” that they get to toss out now, likely paid for by insurance. I wonder how big that pile of products is, failed crap marketed to insurance companies and parents for autistic kids. Big business.
Man those parents. Oof.
I do not wanna be in their shoes.
Telling your kid that needed an emotional support robot friend that the robot friend is going to take a nap for a long time and might not wake back up? Ooo boy.
Helping a kid through a divorce is hard enough. This seems like a terrifying nightmare.
A parent with autism is probably seeing it as another “could’ve been” that they get to toss out now, likely paid for by insurance.
I wonder how big that pile of products is, failed crap marketed to insurance companies and parents for autistic kids.
Big business.