Plan B 125“Don’t forget, this is just a snack, guys,” said the
mother.
Casey rushed into the McDonald’s, ate his fries, and
wound up eating a decent dinner back at the hotel.
Had the parents decided to handle the cotton candy
problem with Plan A, they would likely have endured
yet another long explosion. Had they decided to handle
things using Plan C, they would have gone back into
the park for cotton candy. By deciding to use Plan B,
they averted an explosion on an important issue. Their
son still ate some of what they wanted him to eat, and
they gave themselves, Casey, and his sister some addi-
tional practice at solving problems collaboratively. They
were being responsive to the hand they’d been dealt
and were still, without doubt, authority figures.
DRAMA IN REAL LIFE
Is This Starting to Register?Remember Helen, the girl who wanted macaroni
and cheese instead of chili in chapter 4? One night,
Helen had somehow decided that she wanted to do
her homework sitting atop the “register” in the kitchen.
Helen’s father objected to her doing her homework