British boy who taught himself to read aged two joins Mensa

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Teddy Hobbs, four, from Somerset, is UK’s youngest member of high-IQ-score club

Photograph: Beth Hobbs/SWNSPhotograph: Beth Hobbs/SWNSA boy who taught himself to read and count – including in Mandarin – while playing on his tablet has become the UK’s youngest member of Mensa.

Teddy’s mother, Beth, said they initially thought he was just making sounds while playing on his tablet, before they realised he was actually sounding out numerals in the Chinese language. Hobbs said her son’s IQ score, which the Times reported places him in 99.5 percentile for his age, presents particular parenting challenges.

 

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