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“Mommy, you know, I can HEAR my mind,” said nine-year-old son Gordon this morning. “In fact, I am listening to it right now.”<\/p>\n

“Oh, that’s great!” said I. We are in the car, and just a block from their school. “What is your mind saying?”<\/p>\n

He pauses a moment and then giggles. “It just said, ‘That’s so funny, I forgot to laugh.'”<\/p>\n

“Mom, MY mind keeps telling me that I’m stupid,” chimes in eleven-year-old Joe. <\/p>\n

“OH gosh, honey,” I say, stopping the car. We’ve just pulled up to the school. I turn my face around. “You are smart for noticing that. THAT is your critical voice. I know a lot about that. We can work on that.”<\/p>\n

“Well, the way I get out of it is that I think that if I’m stupid, then my mind <\/em>is also stupid,” he says. “So my mind is stupid for telling me that I’m stupid.” Therefore, he seemed to conclude that he’s not stupid. Right?<\/p>\n

“Right.” <\/p>\n

What to do? Their Friday morning begins with a school assembly and I don’t want them to be late. “This is a wonderful and huge conversation we are going to have later. You are really, really, really smart to notice what your mind is saying. You are definitely not<\/em> stupid.”<\/p>\n

He nods, throws his backpack on his shoulder, waves, and walks off.<\/p>\n

I watch him, and feel like crying.<\/p>\n

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