It is stated that children who are able to show characteristics of being able to delay gratification will grow to have more success when they are young adults and young teens. How true is this exactly? Can you really decide a child's success on what they're doing when they're four and five years old? As a child I personally lacked patience and was extremely spoiled; getting everything I wanted, when I wanted it. But is that exactly how I am now? I wouldn't exactly say I'm the spoiled brat I was in '98, I grew into a responsible and mature adult.. with high SAT scores. The fact that children aren't able to delay gratification is no reason to decide whether or not they'll be great test takers in the future.
At such a young age children aren't set in the right mind frame to really think to delay gratification. They see the marshmallow, and are instantly tempted to eat it.. maybe the child who eats the marshmallow right away knows that only one marshmallow will fill them up, who are we to decide? They say that most important and need principle to success is the ability to delay gratification the ability to show self discipline.. does a four year old child really display any characteristics of having any self discipline?
The whole lesson throughout this class, I really thought.. "Maybe the child who exhibits such lack of patience will be the one who comes out to be most successful?!" The child who just can't seem to wait at all for whats coming, and needs it at that exact second will display the most success in the future. That child could potentially be the one who is the hungriest to become better at what they do, the one who is most determined to go out and win on a sporting field. Maybe impatience is good.
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