This reminds me as well of when Louise used to justify her Munchausens/narcissism and being emotionally detached from Leo by saying “Leo won’t remember this”. Shows how bloody ignorant she is about child development and bondingI’d rather my child be emotionally secure and happy than ‘smart’ or ‘high achieving’. What’s the point in being the most intelligent person if you have poor emotional and mental health? Leo has emotionally neglectful and unavailable parents. But as long as he’s an A* student then none of that matters I guess!
Also, I think Zara could be one of the “family members” who has possibly raised concerns about Leo’s lack of speech too? As she does all that early years stuff with Kate and William and seems to have a few friends with babies, plus was trying to teach him to say “Zara” that time