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13A • GROSSE POINTE NEWS • DECEMBER 4, 2008
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SCHOOLS ALTOMOTIVE OBITUARIES
Saying 'No' is important
PHOTO BY WILL HARRAH
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onship ringand the authentic championship trophy.
As most parents know, just
saying, "No" is easier said than
done.
During the Grosse Pointe
Academy's annual McMillan
Lecture Series, parenting expert
David Walsh recently discussed
"No: Why Kids of All
Ages Need to Hear It and Ways
Parents Can Say It."
According to Walsh, self-discipline
is a key character trait
that leads to success in school
and in life. It helps kids stay on
task, finish a task, stay focused,
be engaged, take on a challenge
and make better decisions.
"Self-discipline helps kids resist
the siren call of entitlement
—'Gotta have it and gotta have
it now,'" Walsh said. "Parents
who say 'No' and use the parenting
skills of 'No' are re-discovering
parenting strategies
that work."
As an example, Walsh referred
to what parenting experts
refer to as the
Marshmallow story.
"Almost 40 years ago, a
group of scientists performed a
very important experiment
with children," Walsh said.
"Parents brought 3 and 4-year
old boys and girls into a room
one by one, where the scientist
presented them with a choice.
Detroit Pistons Year Round Hoops Director Aaron Smith, above, delivered the message, "Hoops They could either eat a marshmallow
that he gave them right ally a measure of a critical suchood.
That experiment was re­
Before Homework," during a 60-minute assembly Friday, Nov. 21 to the students at Grosse Pointe
away, or they could wait until
North High School. Smith, along with Pistons mascot, Hooper, entertained the students while talking
about developing positive life skills. The students were also able to view a Pistons
he came back with a second
champi­
marshmallow.
"Some of those little boys
and girls gobbled up that
marshmallow before the door
was even closed; others did
Grosse Pointe Academy recently hosted parenting expert
David Walsh during its annual McMillan lecture series. Shown
above, from the left are, board president Bret Wackei; lecture
series sponsor Thayer McMillan, Walsh, faculty member
Wendy Demartini and Head of School Phil Demartini.
whatever they could to wait for
that second marshmallow.
"The important thing about
the experiment is that the scientists
followed those children
all the way through their growing-up
years — through elementary
school, the teenage
years, into early adulthood.
The conclusion of the experiment
was that the ability to
wait for that second marshmallow
was an amazingly strong
predictor of those children's
success and happiness through
school and into early adult­
cess factor: self-discipline."
Walsh is the author of nine
books including the national
best seller "Why Do They Act
That Way? A Survival Guide to
the Adolescent Brain for You
and Your Teen." His latest
book, "No: Why Kids - of All
Ages - Need to Hear It and
Ways Parents Can Say It"
serves as the focal point of the
Say Yes to No" campaign,
which teaches parents and educators
how to instill self-discipline
in America's children.
He is a frequent guest on national
radio and television
shows including the 'Today
Show," "Good Morning
America," "The News Hour
with Jim Lehrer" and National
Public Radio's "All Things
Considered" and "Morning
Edition."
Walsh has received numerous
awards including the
Council on Family Relation's
Friend of the Family Award.
The lecture series is a gift
from Thayer and Gioconda
McMillan given in memory of
William Charles McMillan m.
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