I have a PC hooked up via HDMI to our TV, so my kid and I share our media. We can use the monitor, but we generally don’t.

We watch videos together, as we generally have the same interests. His video-watching preferences include science, robotics, and video games. I’m okay with anything educational and/or thought-provoking.

He doesn’t have any personal devices, so no phone or iPad or anything like that. I feel that anything portable that can be used privately is not great for a kid (for my kid, anyhow), but he doesn’t mind.

He plays games on the Switch & Steam, but usually I’ll require chores to be done & a certain amount of reading to be done for equivalent screen time (unless there’s a limited-time in-game event or something). He’s a very smart and lovely boy, and he rarely ever gripes over it.

It’s in any parent’s best interest to not only know what their kid likes, but also for them to participate. I’ve learned to play Splatoon, Minecraft, Enter the Gungeon, watched youTube channels, and learned all kinds of things about the content & mechanics in order to determine if it’s okay for him to be playing/watching those particular things.

Seriously: get to truly know what your kid likes.

I started watching it with my kid and we eventually had to turn it off because of the Sports Day episode. It was creepy and uncomfortable.

I really wish it wasn’t so sexualized so we could watch it together, because the message and story itself seemed very nice and light-hearted.

I’m going to assume you clicked and replied without reading what community you’re in?

This is an autism community.

Your comment essentially says “lol everyone starts out that way” then “other than that, idk”, which is not helpful when the OP is asking for examples in regards to autism/ND individuals.

However it is helpful to point out when someone phrases their question poorly.

Mate… the reason I specifically pointed out the community is because when you see a post asking “Who has the record for the fastest completion time in 2022?”, you might look at the community name, see that it’s a Mario 64 speedrun community, and infer the context. Oh! The fastest Mario 64 speeding completion time!

If someone goes in and comments something like “There’s many records for fastest times of things like running, biking, cars, etc. Maybe you should phrase that better to get an actual answer?”, people might say “Hey, you know this is a speedrun community, right?” because it’d be very clear what they were asking if you looked at the community you were commenting on.

tl;dr: OP did not post a poorly-phrased question. You simply misunderstood the context of their question. I had assumed your misunderstanding came from you not looking at what community you were in.

When I was growing up, my da never allowed me to listen to music while I studied or did my homework. He insisted only complete silence or else “you won’t be able to focus and retain the information.”

Guess who struggled and failed to turn in any completed homework? 😎

Guess who now can focus amazingly on work while listening to some kind of background noise? 😎

I mean, you can say that about any word. That’s kind of the point: context does matter.

Using the world “female” as a noun is often reflective of a person/attitude I do not want to associate with. A lot of it is a symptom of the dehumanization of women, and it makes me nervous to see it.

Had a former friend who start referring to black folks as “the blacks”. Point being: language can be subtle, but very much telling about how people view other humans.

“Female” is appropriate as an adjective: I need a female hose adaptor or My primary care doctor is female or Female cats don’t spray the way male cats do. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any case in which “female” should be used as a noun - except I guess it’s common in healthcare and law enforcement (though still grammatically incorrect).

Absolutely! These examples are absolutely unoffensive in their context. I take no issue with that.

It’s when people defend its usage as a noun where I take issue, and when others use “It’s just a word!” to dismiss concerns about it. Yes, it’s just word! It’s the context that matters!

“Girl” is a entirely different matter, but I guess it comes down to individual preference of the person being referred to. However, I personally don’t love it, and view it as a very outdated word to use with grown adult women. There’s a lot of nuance behind it, definitely.

“Man” and “Woman” are the stardard terms for their respective genders.

“Male” and “Female” are gender descriptions, like “a male student” or “a female giraffe” — these usages are the correct and are not an issue.

Some people simply refer to women as “females” or “a female”, which can be seen as dehumanizing and boiling down their existence to only their gender. Referring to women as “females” is often used by men who do not value women as equals, or even people. It’s awful and creepy.

It seems to very divided, but I don’t like women being referred to as “females”, specifically for the reasons mentioned above.

Hopefully that helps!

Can’t imagine why you would be accused of being an incel after belittling issues that women often face.

A German friend of mine whom I met through a language class also talked to me about the outdated use of “Fraulein” when talking/referring to women. I was not super familiar with the German language, so it was definitely interesting!