Many in Italy consider him already a child prodigy, but he himself does not pay any attention to his suddenly fallen popularity
He reads newspapers and magazines daily, scrolls through teletext pages with his remote control, and also gives some medical advice to his family and friends. At first glance, there is nothing unusual about these actions, if not for the fact that all of the above is done by a 3-year-old Italian boy. Moreover, no one taught him this, everything happened naturally as a result of simple observation of adults. The Italian boy's name is Ettore, and he lives in the town of Perignano near Pisa.
The parents of the little prodigy are 36-year-old Danielle, a housewife and 44-year-old Francesco, who specializes in reproducing paintings by famous artists, who admitted that they have to be careful when talking, because Ettore is too playful and catches everything on the fly. “We jokingly taught him the alphabet, but we didn't even imagine that his knowledge would expand so much in a short time. At 13 months, he was already recognizing many car models, and then by the age of 2, we noticed that he reads newspapers and teletext on the screen. Our first thought was that he just memorizes phrases and repeats them like a parrot just because he heard from adults. Then we realized what he was actually reading,”Francesco said.
The father also explained in the sequel that the boy has a passion for newspapers and magazines, perhaps attracted by bright colors and photographs. Italian doctors also learned about Ettore's abilities. "As a rule, such processes occur at an older age, at school age and gradually." In the case of Ettore, on the contrary, nobody taught him anything, but he reads quite well and coherently,”said Amerigo Chelandroni, head of the department of pediatrics and neontology at the Pontedera hospital.
