tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post9186028444292223569..comments2024-03-24T21:33:34.140-04:00Comments on my juicy little universe: powerful fluffHeidi Mordhorsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-20170164164511866562012-03-13T14:10:26.450-04:002012-03-13T14:10:26.450-04:00I think of the Marshmallow research every time I p...I think of the Marshmallow research every time I put down a treat for my dog and tell him "Stay." <br /><br />While he waits, he never looks at the treat.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-62618259466423522672012-03-10T10:31:28.724-05:002012-03-10T10:31:28.724-05:00Sagittarian.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Just for tomorrow,...Sagittarian. <br /><br />HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Just for tomorrow, may you get all of your marshmallows with no waiting!!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-38290116015626284532012-03-09T15:02:12.136-05:002012-03-09T15:02:12.136-05:00I'm a Pisces, as you know. What an interesting...I'm a Pisces, as you know. What an interesting thing to think about -- how can we demonstrate our ability to be patient? I think you can see patience-in-action (or not) from kids in restaurants and on car rides. Yesterday the kids near us were perfectly lovely about waiting for their food. Sometimes parents don't try to cultivate it and they go directly for the TV-on-whenever-kids-are-in-the-car option, but I think they are missing an opportunity. <br /><br />Thanks for the yummy poems! I will check out the video.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-88777387698129271102012-03-09T12:45:31.001-05:002012-03-09T12:45:31.001-05:00not pisces, but my dad (who was a secret poet) was...not pisces, but my dad (who was a secret poet) was.<br /><br />these are fun, but the marshmallow experiment as, i believe, a fatal flaw in its thinking that is decidedly american. as predictive behavior i think you can make some fairly broad determinations from the outcome, but as a child who didn't particularly like marshmallows i would have been satisfied with having only one even if two were available. one would be my fill.<br /><br />so i knew my own preferences and limitations at age four, and was satisfied taking only one up front and moving on, would that indicate a different sort of self control? the idea that with patience we are rewarded with more presumes we want as much as we can get -- a thinking reinforced with super-sized drinks, super-sized stores, and now super-sized kids.<br /><br />favorite line from the kids: a grasshopper trampoline. such a wonderful image.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-30013304704206130612012-03-09T11:45:41.807-05:002012-03-09T11:45:41.807-05:00Pisces! Great post, Heidi. I'm fascinated with...Pisces! Great post, Heidi. I'm fascinated with this experiment, but my kids are too old not to figure out what outcome the adults prefer.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing the marshmallow ode. I'm going to borrow it when I do odes workshops in the schools. AND -- have a swimmingly wonderful birthday on Sunday.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.com