How do you teach a child the value of patience?

[Jason Kauppinen]

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

How do you teach children the value of patience?

[Phantom Lord]

Damn Disco, didnt your mom ever hear of pressure cookers?

[Jason Kauppinen]

Is there a more appropriate place for it to go? I'm sorry if this is the wrong sub-forum....

[Deguello]

I'm Bored.

[exnavy]

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!

[discostu]

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.

[Pagey]

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.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

By not granting thier every wish instantaneously. Set goals that they want to achieve. You can't teach patience. They will learn it.

[Phantom Lord]

I'll stick with my pig cooker, a case of beer, and 16 hours of smoking the hog!

[discostu]

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.

[BikerNYC]

No, you have it all wrong. That gets them to be rats, not squirrels.

[Phantom Lord]

Or maybe it's because I come from a German family

You should have choosen the handle Uter...

[Texas_Jarhead]

hobbies can help. for boys, assembling models can help, maybe.

[discostu]

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 ;-)

[Laur]

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.

[Camel Joe]

Just remember the best nuts come from California, maybe you could send your squirrels there!!!

[Dallas]

OK......now how do I break the craving to breastfeed ?

[Camel Joe]

Just remember... It was your mom, LOL

[two23]

By being a patient parent!
Unfortunatly many adults themselves have a problem with "delaying gratification"

[laker_dad]

Teach them conservative values... It takes infinite patience with the rest of the world...

[perfect stranger]

"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.