The Marshmallow Experiment

"You can either eat this marshmallow now and enjoy it or wait until I come back and you get two," said Dr. David Walsh, a Psychologist at Stanford University. He did an experiment with Edina children around the ages of 4 and 5. Walsh would tell the kids that while he was away they could either eat the marshmallow in front of them or wait until he gets back and get two! Instead of being away Walsh and the kid’s parents would be in the next room over watching on a monitor. He had done this experiment before and this was another test to see what exactly happened. Out of the 11 kids who took part in the experiment 4 ate the marshmallow during the fifteen minute period. The kids who ended up eating the marshmallow don’t mean anything really bad. It just helps the parents who were watching realize their kid’s self control. The kids who didn’t eat the marshmallow ended up having the power to say no to themselves and proving they do have self-control. Walsh promoted a movement called, "Say Yes to No." He wants the motivation to help parents say, "No," to their children and teach them to say, "No," to themselves.

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