Incogneato....thanks for your post!!! You know, you may be right, at least about my DS. He can DEFINITELY close his mind to something and there is no opening. He closed his mind to homework and we were done. Nothing worked. He saw no point in it, felt like he spent his whole day at school and didn't need to come home and do more busy work. he was done. Is this just stubbornness? Most would say beat it out of him, or give him even more busy work, or bribe him or punish him or take away privileges.