https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 05:29:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-your-kids-delay-gratification#post-2071647 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:09:40 +0000 honeybear 2071647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Thanks! I'll check it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-your-kids-delay-gratification#post-2071644 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:07:54 +0000 erinpye 2071644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The marshmallow test has a lot of flaws...and I thought it was more about how your child is that correlates with some findings, not teaching them to be a certain way? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-your-kids-delay-gratification#post-2071579 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:39:54 +0000 mrbee 2071579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: I haven't had a chance to dig into it yet... I heard this book may have some exercises, but haven't confirmed yet!</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Marshmallow-Test-Mastering-Self-Control/dp/0316230871/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Marshmallow-Test-Mastering-Self-Control/dp/0316230871/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-your-kids-delay-gratification#post-2071561 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:33:00 +0000 honeybear 2071561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, as far as not eating candy immediately goes, he's a pro. (I'm not sure that's a perfect measure, but I suppose it's the basic litmus test because of the marshmallow test, right?) Anyway, he got a lollipop at a store and told the cashier that 'This is for after lunch!' without any prompting. Lunch was a couple hours away and he didn't mention the lollipop again until lunch was done. </p> <p>@mrbee: I'm curious about the workbook. Tell us more about it, please! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-your-kids-delay-gratification#post-2071499 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:52:24 +0000 .twist. 2071499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Surprisingly? haha </p> <p>We give him one gummy vitamin a day and he will slowly eat little bits of it off. To the point where I have to say, PLEASE EAT IT. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-your-kids-delay-gratification#post-2071354 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:21:24 +0000 Skadi 2071354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Keep us posted on your success! Our LO is only a year old, so it's probably too early for us to do much at this stage (she still mostly doesn't understand English, after all). But from the beginning we always changed her diaper before feeding her...in the morning, after naps, etc. Sometimes she'll fuss and make the sign for "more" on the changing table, but we never give in. She knows we aren't going to skip or hurry through a diaper change just because she's impatient. She has to wait, and she deals with it fine 90% of the time. A very small step in the right direction, but it's been hard for us to brainstorm other ways to teach her patience at this young of an age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-your-kids-delay-gratification#post-2071317 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 07:04:41 +0000 looch 2071317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, my son can't wait. If you try to tell him one now or two later, he chooses one now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-your-kids-delay-gratification#post-2070990 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:14:21 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2070990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely not. I mean, she's only 18 months, but...no. She's a 10 blueberries in the mouth-kinda girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-your-kids-delay-gratification#post-2070987 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:12:53 +0000 mrbee 2070987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One can, and one can't. We give the kids four little gummi vitamins every morning: one kid eats them one at a time, and the other puts all four in their mouth at once!</p> <p>Working on teaching delayed gratification... from what we've been reading, it's really important! But it's kind of hard to teach. I found a workbook on it, so we'll start there and see how it goes!</p> <p>Can your kids delay gratification? </p>