A related question: DS is so grounded in reality, that sometimes, I feel like it's hard for him to come up with pretend things. For example, when I ask him "so, what do you think the fox's in this story's favorite food would be?" a lot of times, his response is, "I don't know, what is it?" like he is looking to be given the RIGHT answer, you know?
Does anyone else see this? Especially with their young math/science kids?
My ds14 is a math/science kid and yes, he was very much like this at a young age. I can't tell you if it's typical or not though - my ds has an expressive language disorder, and for him, it's wrapped up in that but it wasn't obvious until he was older and farther along in school. To this day he would have trouble coming up with "what do you think was the fox's favorite food". I am not putting that out there as a suggestion that your ds has any type of challenge, just that I can't really say - oh yes, my very math/scienc-y kid is just like that and it's because he's more into math/science. As he's gotten older and moved along in school, and as my youngest (who is also very math/scienc-y) has gotten older, I've seen lots of math/science kids who have incredibly creative thinking and ability to express it and wouldn't have any problem coming up with a story about what the fox liked to eat. Soooo... while it's nothing that by itself I would even pay attention to, if you are seeing other things that might point to some type of challenge I would think through whether or not this might be related.
Best wishes,
polarbear
