It was 1995 under the Mexican sun and I was reading Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goalman in between a dip in the sea and a delicious grilled chicken or quesadilla snack at the beach bar. That book was quite thick and had loads of stuff in it but I do remember this one passage pretty distinctively : a researcher had placed some chocolate in front of kids and told them that if they waited until he’d come back, they’d receive double the amount of chocolate. If they ate it before he’d come back, then they wouldn’t get anymore. A later study showed that those who were able to wait until the adult came back into the room did better as adults. Interesting study.
Now the thing I’ve never seen was what does it look like when kids are in the room on their own, with the treat in front of them. Oh how entertaining this is!! Have a look!
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