Is it trying not to do your homework, or is it brain freeze, or what?

This is not about doing homework help on fluther. It’s about our own children.

Sometimes my son acts like he doesn’t know the simplest things. I know that sometimes he thinks that if he acts really dumb, we might just about give him the answer via socratic questioning. However, sometimes I wonder if he really does have brain freeze and just can’t wrap his mind around it.

If you have kids, what do they act like when they do this, and what do you think is going on in their heads? Is it different at different times? Why do you think they behave that way?

If you are not so far from being a kid, do you remember acting that way? What was going through your mind at the time?