I say we let the poor Martian boy be and get started on making seperate bathrooms for him to go to with out being judged.
Lot of stories like this are from the parents like the child prodigy painter who turns out to be the parent.
This is a well known psychological issue that often is exhibited via child abuse, called Munchhausen by proxy. The parent uses the child as a way to gain attention for themselves. Some times it includes life threatening abuse of the child to make them ill.