The Candy Dilemma

 

 

Choices, choices, choices. Making good ones can lead to fulfilling some of your life dreams. Making bad ones can land you in jail or dead. But, before one can learn how to make good and bad choices one has to learn how actually to make, a choice, any choice at all. So, it may as well start with candy.

 

 

 

 

The Dudes still have large quantities of Halloween candy left (believe it or not) and there is not room enough in the RV to store it all. So, it needs to be whittled down to a manageable size.

 

 

 

 

So, they were each given a quart size zip lock bag and instructed to reduce their rations to the amount that would fit into the bag with it zipped closed.

 

 

 

The Big Dude had no problems with this since he is a bit particular about foods, including candy. The Lil’ Dude, however, who claims “his tongue is related to candy”, had difficulty making these choices and jammed as much as he possibly could into the bag with the seams about to split and tootsie rolls spilling out of the top. I praised him for his earnest attempt but sent him off to reassess and repack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unable to part with any of his mouth watering loot, he returned with a “chip clip” to  keep the top closed (sort of) and still maintain the same amount of candy in the bag. I once again, praised him for his efforts but restated the instructions that the bag must be “zipped” closed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not one to give up easily, he returned a few minutes later with a devilish grin, holding a bag that was zip closed. The bag however had suddenly become a gallon size bag. I again praised him for his creativity and dedication to his cause but restated that he still had not accomplished the goal of reducing his bag of sugar and sent him off for another try.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally exhausting his options, he gave in, made some choices and returned with a zipped closed quart size bag of goodies. As parents we have to break our children down one lollipop at a time, oh, I mean, we have to encourage them to make their own choices one lollipop at a time in hopes that one day they can make the right choices that will lead to happy fulfilling lives.

 

 

 

 

“I don’t believe we own our children, they’re their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them.” Elle Macpherson