Well, I realized something a while back about my brain and how it works. I was trying to stop yelling at my DS so much, because he had started saying lots of things about how I yell too much and am not patient with him and I felt really bad about it. So it was in my consciousness to listen to myself and tone it down. I suddenly realized that I would tell him to go brush his teeth (for example), think about this, think about that, remember such and such, make a mental note to do something else, holler at him to go brush his teeth, think this, think that, go down another track, wonder what was taking him so long, yell at him to go brush his teeth, and it had only been about ten seconds since the first time I told him. The poor kid hadn't even had time for the first one to process through his brain, and I had already yelled twice more! And this is the kid who is GT--but while his brain is speedy in some ways, it is firmly entrenched on its track and does not turn easily. I had to consciously tell myself that just because I have thought about twelve things since the last time I told him something, that does not mean any appreciable time has passed in the real world!
