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How do you teach a child the value of patience?

Posted on 10/09/2002 2:15:49 PM PDT by Jason Kauppinen

Well I thought this would be an interesting discussion topic so here goes...

How do you teach children the value of patience?


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KEYWORDS: children; raising; values
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To: discostu
Damn Disco, didnt your mom ever hear of pressure cookers?
21 posted on 10/09/2002 2:36:49 PM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: LiteKeeper
Is there a more appropriate place for it to go? I'm sorry if this is the wrong sub-forum....
22 posted on 10/09/2002 2:39:30 PM PDT by Jason Kauppinen
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To: exnavy
I'm Bored.
23 posted on 10/09/2002 2:40:38 PM PDT by Deguello
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To: Jason Kauppinen
Actually, I think it is done with a series of lessons over many years. And, I don't think all children learn the same "level" of mastering the art. I'm the father of an almost 19 yr old, 15 yr old and a nine year old son(the older two are daughters).

My own experiance tells me that boys and girls learn at different speeds. My girls are quick on the uptake on relational subjects, you need a hammer to get the same concepts across to boys.

Boys learn things that require eye hand coordination quickly, motor skills. There are exceptions to every rule, of course.

And forget about getting any of them to stop hiding the occaisional dirty clothes under the bed trick!

24 posted on 10/09/2002 2:40:48 PM PDT by exnavy
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To: Phantom Lord
Doesn't cook it right, you've got to do the repeated cycles of cook, refrigerate, skim to get the excess grease out but still keep the flavor and soak it into the bland parts real good. See the reward for patience?

Italian food is the same way, though not as drawn out. Every Italian recipe is made better by simmering the sauce for 4 hours (or more, every hour makes it better). It's a tortuous 4 hours, but damn, makes a good sauce great and a great sauce a religious experience.
25 posted on 10/09/2002 2:41:50 PM PDT by discostu
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To: Jason Kauppinen
How do you teach a child the value of patience?

Here's what my Republican parents did for me: they Disciplined me at an early age and that has made all the difference in the world.Case Closed.

26 posted on 10/09/2002 2:44:37 PM PDT by Pagey
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To: LiteKeeper
By not granting thier every wish instantaneously. Set goals that they want to achieve. You can't teach patience. They will learn it.
27 posted on 10/09/2002 2:46:12 PM PDT by wingnuts'nbolts
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To: discostu
I'll stick with my pig cooker, a case of beer, and 16 hours of smoking the hog!
28 posted on 10/09/2002 2:46:35 PM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Phantom Lord
That's good stuff. Most of the best foods take a long time, that's why I think cooking builds patience... Or maybe it's because I come from a German family and all my life lessons were delivered with food.
29 posted on 10/09/2002 2:50:13 PM PDT by discostu
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To: Howie
No, you have it all wrong. That gets them to be rats, not squirrels.
30 posted on 10/09/2002 2:51:37 PM PDT by BikerNYC
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To: discostu
Or maybe it's because I come from a German family

You should have choosen the handle Uter...



31 posted on 10/09/2002 2:58:08 PM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Jason Kauppinen
hobbies can help. for boys, assembling models can help, maybe.
32 posted on 10/09/2002 3:00:00 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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To: Phantom Lord
I ain't that bad, close though. Thankfully my family considered lederhosen to be one of the good reasons to leave Germany and become Americans ;-)
33 posted on 10/09/2002 3:00:43 PM PDT by discostu
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To: Jason Kauppinen
For starters, discourage the watching of Sesame Street. The often hyper style of the show assumes that children have very short attention-spans. Worse, it probably foments short attention-spans in kids who might otherwise have a good deal more patience, if required to. Mr Rogers' approach was much, much better: he milked things for all they were worth and didn't satisfy kids' curiosities immediately. That show lacked glitz, but it made up for it by providing the time for children to think about something it before moving quickly on to some other subject. I'd try to find programs that gave kids a little credit for being able to pay attention and to stick with something for more than 30 seconds at a crack.
34 posted on 10/09/2002 3:27:27 PM PDT by Laur
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To: Howie
Just remember the best nuts come from California, maybe you could send your squirrels there!!!
35 posted on 10/09/2002 3:31:48 PM PDT by Camel Joe
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To: Slyfox
OK......now how do I break the craving to breastfeed ?
36 posted on 10/09/2002 3:36:14 PM PDT by Dallas
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To: Dallas
Just remember... It was your mom, LOL
37 posted on 10/09/2002 3:38:42 PM PDT by Camel Joe
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To: Jason Kauppinen
By being a patient parent!
Unfortunatly many adults themselves have a problem with "delaying gratification"
38 posted on 10/09/2002 3:42:30 PM PDT by two23
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To: Jason Kauppinen
Teach them conservative values... It takes infinite patience with the rest of the world...
39 posted on 10/09/2002 3:43:08 PM PDT by laker_dad
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To: Pagey
"Here's what my Republican parents did for me: they Disciplined me at an early age and that has made all the difference in the world.Case Closed."

Good for you. Perhaps this thread belongs in another channel or whichever, but it seems the poster is asking for specific examples of how such discipline can be taught their to children.

40 posted on 10/09/2002 4:02:58 PM PDT by perfect stranger
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