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[quote=Anonymous]I can't remember if he was always like this. 
I asked him what does he think "Don't judge a book by its cover" means. He said that it means you might like a book even if you don't like the cover. I told him to think more broadly, outside of books, what else could it mean? He said, "Well, you might like a magazine even if you don't like the cover." I said, "No, I mean, nothing to do with reading material. Is there a way to apply this expression to life generally?" He said, "I don't know." My 10 year old pipes up, "It means you might like a person or something else even if you don't like the way they look at first." 10 may have already been familiar with the expression; not sure. Maybe my explanation of what I was looking for was too vague. Just seemed like something 13 year old should've been able to answer.

Another thing my 13 does is focus on a minor detail that is said incorrectly but miss the actual point of something.
For example, when school was in session, I might ask him what time is his zoom meeting. He'll say, "Oh, I don't have one today." Turns out he does have a class meeting, but it's on google, not zoom. Or I'll ask him when is his next math quiz and he'll say there's not one scheduled yet, but it turns out he has a test tomorrow.

He asked me what 'convoluted' means. I told him it means complicated, or hard to follow. He said, "Oh, so if someone has a car that looks like every other car, it would be convoluted?"
I'm like, huh? He meant that it would be hard to follow someone if their car looks like everyone else's car.

This happens all the time.[/quote]

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