[Answered on Quora.com by Lacy Windham]
“Put on your shoes, Lee,” I say to my seven-year-old son. He immediately starts putting together some Legos.
“Lee, we have to go, and you need to put on your shoes.”
He wanders off in the direction of the shoes, but stops to play with the cat.
“Lee, if you don't put on your shoes right now, we are going to be late.”
He stops playing with the cat, but remembers some Lego figurines he absolutely must bring with us and runs upstairs to get them. I don't hear from him, as he presumably has forgotten his mission and is now playing with something else.
“Lee! Come downstairs and let's go!”
He comes downstairs and immediately wanders into the pantry to find a pop tart or something.
“LEE! PUT YOUR SHOES ON!!”
“You don't need to yell, mom!” he replies, as he continues not putting on his shoes.
Sometimes parents flip out for excellent reasons that will forever remain mysterious to the child.
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