‘Have you ever lied to me?’ What do you wish you’d asked your mother as a child?

Name: ‘Have you ever lied to me?’ What do you wish you’d asked your mother as a child? | Aeon Videos
Uploaded: 2015-05-26
Duration: 4 min
Description: ‘Have you ever lied to me?’ What do you wish you’d asked your mother as a child?

Affected by Asperger’s syndrome and struggling with the social aspects of school, 12-year-old Joshua Littman knows his brain functions a bit outside the norm for children his age. Animated with humour and heart by the Rauch Brothers, in Q&A this precocious boy and his mother engage in a refreshingly unguarded conversation about their relationship, and the struggles they’ve each faced trying to find happiness with acutely sensitive minds.

Directors: The Rauch Brothers

Producers: Lizzie Jacobs, Mike Rauch

Website: StoryCorps

26 May 2015

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