Self Talk
A woman observed a man in the grocery store with a three year old boy. As they passed the cookie section, the little boy asked for cookies and his father told him no. The little boy immediately began to whine and fuss and the Father said quietly, “Now Patrick, we just have half of the aisles left to go through; don’t be upset. It won’t be long.” Soon they came to the candy aisle, and the little boy began to shout for candy. And when told he couldn’t have any, began to cry. The father said, “There, there, Patrick, don’t lose it – only two more aisles to go, and then we’ll be checking out.” When they got to the check-out stand, the little boy immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a terrible tantrum upon discovering there’d be no gum purchased. The Father patiently said, “Patrick, we’ll be through this checkout stand in 5 minutes and then you can go home and have a nice nap.” The woman followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the man to compliment hi