Honestly! He isn't like some of the kids I read about here who seemed so amazing, probably the ones i'm thinking about were more math-minded.
I have fallen into the trap of noticing all the "normal" annoying things my kid does (losing things, not picking up after himself, not eating over his plate, not paying attention etc) and thinking that those are representative of his intelligence. The discussions we had about the nature of God when he was 4, well, that's just why I like being his mom. I didn't know that was special. So I tended to take the HG discussions for granted and focus on the normal kid stuff (because that is what took my emotional energy), and as a result I missed the clues.
