Testing a child's patience with a marshmallow

Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.

This might be one of my favorite videos online.

In this video, various children are told to sit in a chair in a room with one marshmallow. The adult tells the child that they can either eat the marshmallow now or wait until they come back and as a reward, the child would receive another marshmallow for their patience. It’s funny to watch the kids squirm and wrestle with the temptation to eat the marshmallow. [via]

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  1. hilarityensues says:

    i love the kid who won! when he smells it and makes that face, awhhh!

  2. sally says:

    have you seen this video? … the same marshmallow test! =)
    http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/JoachimdePosada_2009U_480.mp4

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