[@Exit] That's the big thing that I was deciding on. A plus side would be that he'd have a bit of an edge with bending if he was aware of his ability from the start. I figure I might give him bending and knowledge of it from birth so he has a bit of an edge hiding it and it adds to his skills in avoiding being caught by authority figures. 

Edit: How would you feel if he had a corrupt contact within the police

Edit 2: I added history, and I could've written pages on his history lol so I might've made it a bit wordy.