Sandra Dodd

On quora, the question was "What is the loveliest thing a child has ever said to you?"


A response is below, but I see a problem with it.
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Richard Muller 
Richard Muller, Prof Physics, UC Berkeley, author "Now, The Physics of Time" (Norton, 2016)
601.6k Views • Upvoted by Andrew Gumperz, Parent of two teenagers, one of whom is on the autism scale.
"Would you like one, Grandpa?"

OK -- it was not my child but my 3-year-old granddaughter, but I still think it counts.

I had read about the marshmallow test. You give a child a marshmallow, and then say that if she (Layla, in this case) could keep from eating it for 10 minutes, you'll give her a second. So I tried that test with my granddaughter (not with marshmallows, but with chocolate, which she likes much more).  

According to extensive experiments, children who "pass" the "marshmallow test" are far more successful in later life. They have learned a fundamental truth in life, that delayed gratification can lead to a far better long-term outcome. 

She sat and watched the chocolate. The 10-minute hourglass finally emptied, and she had succeeded. She asked for her second piece of chocolate.  I gave it to her, and she now had two in her hand. That's when she looked up at me and asked, "Would you like one, Grandpa?"

Needless to say, from that moment on I would readily give my life for her.
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But he wouldn’t just give her a marshmallow or a piece of chocolate without hardship and testing that was for his own benefit?
I think the grandfather wasn’t nearly as kind as the child.

Sandra

Alex & Brian Polikowsky

Wouldn't it be great if a simple test could predict who would be successful in life and who would not?

The everyone would know and the pressure would be off. Those who pass the test are winners and those who fail, well, they are losers and we can just forget about them.

I wonder why they don't do those tests very where? Maybe the pediatricians should do it or in pre-School?

We could send the future successes to certain schools and keep the failures home! Why waste time on them right?!

Alex Polikowsky-  
Still shaking my head on this one. Are people that gullible ?




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On Apr 28, 2016, at 9:01 PM, Sandra Dodd Sandra@... [AlwaysLearning] <[email protected]> wrote:

 

On quora, the question was "What is the loveliest thing a child has ever said to you?"


A response is below, but I see a problem with it.
__________________________________

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Richard Muller, Prof Physics, UC Berkeley, author "Now, The Physics of Time" (Norton, 2016)
601.6k Views • Upvoted by Andrew Gumperz, Parent of two teenagers, one of whom is on the autism scale.
"Would you like one, Grandpa?"

OK -- it was not my child but my 3-year-old granddaughter, but I still think it counts.

I had read about the marshmallow test. You give a child a marshmallow, and then say that if she (Layla, in this case) could keep from eating it for 10 minutes, you'll give her a second. So I tried that test with my granddaughter (not with marshmallows, but with chocolate, which she likes much more).  

According to extensive experiments, children who "pass" the "marshmallow test" are far more successful in later life. They have learned a fundamental truth in life, that delayed gratification can lead to a far better long-term outcome. 

She sat and watched the chocolate. The 10-minute hourglass finally emptied, and she had succeeded. She asked for her second piece of chocolate.  I gave it to her, and she now had two in her hand. That's when she looked up at me and asked, "Would you like one, Grandpa?"

Needless to say, from that moment on I would readily give my life for her.
_____________________

But he wouldn’t just give her a marshmallow or a piece of chocolate without hardship and testing that was for his own benefit?
I think the grandfather wasn’t nearly as kind as the child.

Sandra

Michelle Leah Gomez

Yes -- seems like a sweet (no pun intended) tale -- and yet -- talk about
conditional love!

-- -- ". . . from that moment on I would readily give my life for her." --
--

He wasn't willing to give his life for his granddaughter until she gave him
a piece of chocolate ;)

Michelle Leah Gomez

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Sandra Dodd Sandra@...
[AlwaysLearning] <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On quora, the question was "What is the loveliest thing a child has ever
> said to you?"
>
>
> A response is below, but I see a problem with it.
> __________________________________
>
> [image: Richard Muller]
> Richard Muller, Prof Physics, UC Berkeley, author "Now, The Physics of
> Time" (Norton, 2016)
> 601.6k Views • Upvoted by Andrew Gumperz, Parent of two teenagers, one of
> whom is on the autism scale.
> "Would you like one, Grandpa?"
>
> OK -- it was not my child but my 3-year-old granddaughter, but I still
> think it counts.
>
> I had read about the marshmallow test. You give a child a marshmallow, and
> then say that if she (Layla, in this case) could keep from eating it for 10
> minutes, you'll give her a second. So I tried that test with my
> granddaughter (not with marshmallows, but with chocolate, which she likes
> much more).
>
> According to extensive experiments, children who "pass" the "marshmallow
> test" are far more successful in later life. They have learned a
> fundamental truth in life, that delayed gratification can lead to a far
> better long-term outcome.
>
> She sat and watched the chocolate. The 10-minute hourglass finally
> emptied, and she had succeeded. She asked for her second piece of
> chocolate. I gave it to her, and she now had two in her hand. That's when
> she looked up at me and asked, "Would you like one, Grandpa?"
>
> Needless to say, from that moment on I would readily give my life for her.
> _____________________
>
> But he wouldn’t just give her a marshmallow or a piece of chocolate
> without hardship and testing that was for his own benefit?
> I think the grandfather wasn’t nearly as kind as the child.
>
> Sandra
>
>
>


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chris ester

he wouldn't readily give his life for his grandchild before she proved
"worthy"?!?!?

This makes me sad...
chris

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Sandra Dodd Sandra@...
[AlwaysLearning] <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On quora, the question was "What is the loveliest thing a child has ever
> said to you?"
>
>
> A response is below, but I see a problem with it.
> __________________________________
>
> [image: Richard Muller]
> Richard Muller, Prof Physics, UC Berkeley, author "Now, The Physics of
> Time" (Norton, 2016)
> 601.6k Views • Upvoted by Andrew Gumperz, Parent of two teenagers, one of
> whom is on the autism scale.
> "Would you like one, Grandpa?"
>
> OK -- it was not my child but my 3-year-old granddaughter, but I still
> think it counts.
>
> I had read about the marshmallow test. You give a child a marshmallow, and
> then say that if she (Layla, in this case) could keep from eating it for 10
> minutes, you'll give her a second. So I tried that test with my
> granddaughter (not with marshmallows, but with chocolate, which she likes
> much more).
>
> According to extensive experiments, children who "pass" the "marshmallow
> test" are far more successful in later life. They have learned a
> fundamental truth in life, that delayed gratification can lead to a far
> better long-term outcome.
>
> She sat and watched the chocolate. The 10-minute hourglass finally
> emptied, and she had succeeded. She asked for her second piece of
> chocolate. I gave it to her, and she now had two in her hand. That's when
> she looked up at me and asked, "Would you like one, Grandpa?"
>
> Needless to say, from that moment on I would readily give my life for her.
> _____________________
>
> But he wouldn’t just give her a marshmallow or a piece of chocolate
> without hardship and testing that was for his own benefit?
> I think the grandfather wasn’t nearly as kind as the child.
>
> Sandra
>
>
>


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sukaynalabboun@...



==But he wouldn’t just give her a marshmallow or a piece of chocolate without hardship and testing that was for his own benefit?
I think the grandfather wasn’t nearly as kind as the child.==


I was thinking that, and also, if she can see the hourglass and knows the rules, a clever child would play that game well. So not much of a fair test or experiment, even if you were to agree to all the delayed gratification character building BS.