The one thing that worries me about the lack of empathy, is simply not knowing how my child feels, whether or not he's hurting inside and needing my understanding, attention, or help of some kind, and is unable to let me know. I don't want him to think that I don't care just because I don't know he needs me! I love my son & accept him just as he is, but I need to know how to tell when he's truly ok, or when he just don't know how to "cue" me if somethings wrong. Can anyone shed some light on that for me please? He always has this "its ok" demeanor, even when I know there's something more going on, but he won't talk about it much if at all. Like, if I get a call from the school, & I ask him what happened, he may give me a brief description, but won't say how he feels about it.