In a minute -v- immediate attention

[tracyk]

When asked to do something ds usually replies, in a minute or not now.
He's learned it from dh - who I have noticed always says it to ds when HE asks for something. So I try and over compensate by dropping whatever I'm doing to sort out whatever he wants -in the hope that this will rub off on ds.
But how can I find a middle ground. Surely if I'm putting dinner out - I can't stop to sort out a magazine. But then can I expect ds to get his pj's on while he's playing with cars?

It drives me mad when my kids do this. I always say to them that they have to do what they are told when they are told. You are the adult, you say what goes!

'If you do it now, then in a minute you can play'..

I try that one, it works.. ocassionally