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Christopher's father is justified in his actions to hide the truth about his mother from him because his father knows that mother thinks of Christopher as a chore and he didn't want Christopher to feel sad. For instance, when mother writes a letter to Christopher, and explains why she left and says, “ I'm not like your father. Your father is a much more patient person. Maybe if things had been different, maybe if you’d been different, I might have been better at it. But that's just the way things turned out”(Haddon 106). Christopher’s mother shouldn't think of Christopher as a chore; that is morally wrong for a parent to think of their child as a chore. It’s not Christopher’s fault that he has a mild autism. As the parent of the child with

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