{"id":2879,"date":"2012-10-06T08:39:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T12:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2012-10-06T10:20:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T14:20:31","slug":"science-proves-what-parents-have-always-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/?p=2879","title":{"rendered":"Science Proves What Parents Have Always Known"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Willpower is simply the ability to choose to do something and stand by that choice.  Scientists have, apparently, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/10\/mf-willpower\/\">demonstrated it&#8217;s a finite resource<\/a>. Apparently, the culprit is glucose, or lack thereof.  Turns out it takes energy to exercise willpower:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Further studies have suggested that willpower is fueled by glucose- which helps explain why our determination crumbles when we try to lose weight. When we don&#8217;t eat, our glucose drops, and our willpower along with it. &#8220;We call it the dieter&#8217;s catch-22: In order to not eat, you need willpower. But in order to have willpower you need to eat,&#8221; says John Tierney&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Every parent since the beginning of time has run up against this phenomena:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Child: Can I have some candy?<br \/> Parent:  No. <\/p>\n<p>Several seconds later&#8230;<br \/> Child:  Can I have some candy?<br \/> Parent:  No. <\/p>\n<p>Several seconds later&#8230;<br \/> Child:  Can I have some candy?<br \/> Parent:  No. <\/p>\n<p>Several seconds later&#8230;<br \/> Child:  Can I have some candy?<br \/> Parent:  No. <\/p>\n<p>Several seconds later&#8230;<br \/> Child:  Can I have some candy?<br \/> Parent:  FINE!  HAVE THE WHOLE BAG!  ROT YOUR TEETH!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not to mention all the times where the initial request is just a feint.  They ask for the candy, but they&#8217;re really after video games or something.  It&#8217;s like Chinese Water Torture.  Except, I&#8217;m not Chinese and there&#8217;s no water involved.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this evidence also suggests a solution.  Go grab a candy bar before our willpower gives out.  Just be sure sure to brush our teeth afterwords&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willpower is simply the ability to choose to do something and stand by that choice. Scientists have, apparently, demonstrated it&#8217;s a finite resource. Apparently, the culprit is glucose, or lack thereof. Turns out it takes energy to exercise willpower: Further studies have suggested that willpower is fueled by glucose- which helps explain why our determination [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[129],"class_list":["post-2879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","tag-parenting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2881,"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions\/2881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahd.lamafam.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}