Ideas for Principle #21

💡 Pulling off a band-aid really fast so it doesn't have time to hurt, or so it hurts less.

Is there a scary or unpleasant stage you have to get through on the way to something good?!
The longer you stay in it, the harder it is to bear.

Try thinking: can you get through this stage as fast as possible, instead of slowing down or staying in it?

Unpleasant stages hurt a lot less when you get through them quickly, instead of lingering in them.

Ready for a challenge? We've prepared some extra challenges for you to try

Try checking it together. Cross a puddle or a small obstacle once slowly and once with a quick skip, and see which way feels less uncomfortable.

Easy
1. Check together whether it's easier to pull off a band-aid slowly or fast, and why.
2. Ask your child if there's an unpleasant stage in his day that he'd like to skip through quickly.

A bit of a stretch
3. Pick something small together that he wants to buy, wait a whole day before deciding, and see if the wish stays the same.
4. Check together which household task is faster when done in one quick stretch, versus slowly and in parts.

Challenge for champions
5. Ask your child to plan a new way to get through a regular unpleasant stage of his, one that skips over it as fast as possible.
6. Try thinking together about a decision that takes him a long time, and plan a standing rule that requires a short wait before every purchase decision.