The mother of 10-year-old ‘Science Wonder Kid’ Sean Atitsogbe has revealed she got to know her son was special when he was only six months old.
According to the mum, Sean Atitsogbe was able to read at the tender age of just 9 months.
She revealed that her son learnt everything on his own, including learning the English and Greek alphabets when he was a toddler.
Speaking in an interview with TV3 on Monday, September 9, 2025, she stated, “I got to know he was special at about six months, but we got to know for sure when he was nine months, when we realised that he could read at such a tender age.
“Somewhere around six months, I realised that when I gave him kids’ programmes to watch, he wasn’t interested in those programmes, but rather he was interested in the advertisements, which are mostly educational programmes in the US,” she said.
The mother of Atitsogbe also shared the challenges of having a special kid, divulging that she had to quit her job in order to be able to take care of him.
According to her, quitting her job meant that they had to rely on the income of her husband, which made life a bit difficult.
Sean’s mum further disclosed that she and her husband are both Ghanaians, indicating that she is from Aburi in the Eastern Region, while Sean’s dad is from the Volta Region.
Sean the Science Kid, who also spoke in the interview, “My favourite thing about science is that it allows us to explain the world in a clear and concise way. It also allows us to bring solutions to problems and bring the world to a better place”.
He also counselled parents to allow their children to study what they feel like studying and not force them into their preferred job paths.
Meanwhile, Sean Atitsogbe, in a separate interview on CNN, revealed he wants to be a neurocardio surgeon.
Speaking in an interview on the “Chasing Life” podcast with Dr Sanjay Gupta, Sean Atitsogbe stated, “From babywood till now, I have been learning and educating, and soaking up information from any time of media or source that I can find, because I have always wanted to learn”.
As kids enjoy playing video games, I enjoy learning; learning is my video game. I really just have a passion for it. Everything I have done so far is a passion project”.
The 10-year-old further revealed his dream to become a neurocardio surgeon.
Sean the Science Kid added, “I want to be a neurocardio surgeon, which can be defined as the combination of a brain and a heart surgeon. And I invented this word when I was 4 years old. When I was doing research on the human body or anatomy which was one of my favorite science subjects to study about I found out that the brain and the heart are connected in a loop where the brain has to tell the heart to pump blood and the heart pumps blood to the brain so the brain can tell the heart to pump blood, and it’s a loop.
So I thought, ‘If one is damaged, then what’s going to happen to this loop?’ So I decided to specialise my treatment in both of those,” he told CNN.
Sean also detailed that if he could change one thing about the brain, it would be to give it infinite storage.
He further dissected a brain to show his favourite part, the hippocampus, which is the section responsible for saving memories.
“I would make it so you remember anything and everything, and you wouldn’t forget. I could have it downsized, but you would have a pretty sick superpower,” he added.
Sean Atitsogbe also touched on the recent turmoil affecting lives across the globe.
According to Sean, he is pessimistic about the world’s future, following the widespread occurrence of crimes as evidence that the world is descending into chaos.
He cited the mass shootings in the United States and other parts of the world as alarming.
He stated, “The world is in a state of turmoil. We’re doomed. Everything happening now seems negative. As my mom and her prayer group say, every single day, there’s a new shooting. If you watch the news, you’ll see at least one shooting every day”.
“It feels like there’s a state of evil everywhere; people are doing unruly, unholy, psychotic things for no reason. What compels someone to kill another person? An old grandma is shopping for diapers for her grandson, and someone just walks in and starts shooting? There’s no reason. So, I’m not very optimistic about the world right now”, he said.