Honestly, she's on our side politically but this woman is callous. Mental illness doesn't just crop up out of nowhere, and this woman just doesn't care that her son is suffering. She's dismissive, belittles him, and does her best to minimize his social alienation. She's gaslighting more than anything else.

There are hints in the article that the social milieu she's raising him in is driving him crazy and she can't accept it. Teenagers from wealthy families in the U.S. famously have terrible mental illness rates due to rigid social expectations, lack of control over their lives, lack of age appropriate independence, and the soul crushing college admissions process. Is she intending to change her worldview or become a wiser person?

So much upper middle class white lady cope! One trope after another! "He's gifted," "our family is full of successful aspie types," "the girls are just empowered and intellectual, so of course he's drawn to them."

I get that other people may identify with her, but it's harsh reality. I find women like this repulsive and I'm not sympathetic.