I cam across your post too late for a resteem, so I have bookmarked it.

I would say your son is a very lucky lad, as not many fathers worry about opening the minds of their children to the wonders of our universe - since they themselves are wilfully blind to them. That you are teaching him to think for himself and to exercise his imaginations are far more than side effects. Now you will have to learn how to counter the indoctrination teachers fall back on, instead of attempting to teach, so that you preserve the places in his mind that glow with the miracle of learning and being able to wonder...