Bargain hunters

Lukas needed new dress pants. Since he grows so fast, our first stop was our favorite second hand store in Carmel, and we hit it on the last business day of the month, which means even greater savings! Unfortunately, there were no dress pants for Lukas - BUT there was a fabulously fun, brand new toy that the boys pooled their money for and happily scoped up.
For Mamma, this seems more like a torture device, but judging by all the exuberant comments from friends, it is a fun contraption.

Since it supposedly reads brain waves, Mamma is trying to figure out how to interrupt the brain wave impulses with such valuable messages as 'clean your room' and 'put away all your school work'.. any and all ideas are much appreciated!