Be it a big task or tough problem, make it into smaller units and see its impact! Break down an unthought desire into its components and allow the child to decide. The Mac Donald’s Happy Meal comes with a burger, a drink, some fries and a small toy. My kid wanted it at age five. I could buy it but broke down the decision for her – “you don’t like fries, the burger is not the kind you really like, and the drink on its own costs far less. Are we buying because they are selling or we really like the deal? If we do so, sure, let us get it.” At age five, she walked from the deal. And from many others after that.
1) Break down an unthought desire into components. How would this help one?
2) What does the Happy Meal include?
3) Who asked for the Happy Meal and when?
4) The narrator could buy it. Yet he/she didn’t. What did he/she do?
5) What should be the deciding factor to buy something, according to the narrator?
6) The five-year-old kid did not cry when her desire was not fulfilled. Why?
7) The passage extends a valuable piece of advice to parents. Say true or false.
8) “…… the drink on its own……. …” Write the part of speech of of drink.
ANSWERS
1) It helps us to take proper decisions.
2) It includes a burger, a drink, some fries and a small toy.
3) The narrator’s kid wanted it at age five.
4) The narrator broke down the decision for the child.
5) Whether we really like the deal should be the deciding factor.
6) The broken down decision helped the girl understand that the deal was not what she really liked.
7) true
8) ‘drink’, – noun