Aditya gets anxious every time any of his volunteers is late by even a minute. He would typically say anything from "he is sick" to "she has a new job" to "he died".
On one such occasion, we suggested to him the possibility that he could cheer and celebrate his friend for trying to be on time. We also suggested that doing this may help his friend see how much Aditya appreciated him coming on time, and he may try harder. Aditya did not do this right away (to which we celebrated him for trying to cheer his friend), but then the next time it happened, he did say to this friend: "Thanks for trying to be on time. I hope you will do better next time".
The best part? This volunteer has never been late thereafter!
One of the greatest gifts of the Son Rise program to our family is we have learnt that happiness is a much more effective motivator than is anger.
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