Supposing a child is born to a father who displays characteristics which are typically described by Asperger Syndrome. In other words, the father is persistently unwilling to converse or interact with his children in any way that they would wish. Instead he is unusually occupied with an obscure and particular line of work, he seems unable to read the subtler nuances of conversation and body language, is unusually pedantic and verbose and doesn't realise when he is embarrassing or boring people. Given that the father seems unwilling/unable to turn this behaviour on and off, is the father morally wrong to have had children?
Also given that many people have tried strongly to help the father to learn ways of relating, eg: explaining explicitly what certain types of body language are likely to mean, and that children at times value being listened to and appreciated for their own talents, and all of these apparently humane strategies appear to have failed, what more can be done?
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So are the children here wrong to want something else?
Supposing a child is born to a father who displays characteristics which are typically described by Asperger Syndrome. In other words, the father is persistently unwilling to converse or interact with his children in any way that they would wish. Instead he is unusually occupied with an obscure and particular line of work, he seems unable to read the subtler nuances of conversation and body language, is unusually pedantic and verbose and doesn't realise when he is embarrassing or boring people. Given that the father seems unwilling/unable to turn this behaviour on and off, is the father morally wrong to have had children?
Also given that many people have tried strongly to help the father to learn ways of relating, eg: explaining explicitly what certain types of body language are likely to mean, and that children at times value being listened to and appreciated for their own talents, and all of these apparently humane strategies appear to have failed, what more can be done?