Patience means you wait calmly without complaining!
Talking Points:
- Tips for being patient:
- Tip #1 Look at it a different way. Remember how the other person feels when you get impatient and be glad you are getting a turn at all.
- Tip #2 – Find a distraction! While you wait, busy yourself doing something else so the time passes faster.
Discussion:
- Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Share a time you had to wait a long time for something (vacation, meal, sleepover). How did you act while you waited?
- Using your example from question #2, what would it look like for you to be impatient while you waited? What would it look like to be patient instead?
- What are some other things you can do to distract yourself when you have to wait for something to happen?
- How do you need to be more patient at home? At school?
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?
