wp@glover-humphreys.fsnet.co.uk wrote...

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Which area is your meta4 useful in? It was written for my son to help him be more in control of his own emotional responses and to cope with the playground banter. So its generally a tale for children to point out that they don't have to let people push their emotional "buttons".

Which country? Uk

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Billy the Robot

Billy is a robot, a big new shiny Robot. He had a set of buttons on his chest. When the children push the green one he laughs, when they push the orange on he cries, when they push the blue one he is sad and when they push the big red one he gets very, very angry. The children laughed and laughed as they pushed the buttons and Billy did his tricks, first sad, then angry, laughing then crying.

At first Billy enjoyed these games, he liked playing with the children and making them laugh and doing exactly what they wanted. He had only just come from the shop and this was much more fun. After a while however Billy began to wish he could choose when to be sad, and when to be happy.

So one night Billy got a screwdriver from the garage and took the shiny plate with the big buttons off his chest. He then carefully turned it round so that the buttons were on the inside where only Billy could find them.

When the Children got home from school they were surprised to find Billy's button had gone. But they soon found out that Billy was much more fun when he chose to be sad or happy. And Billy was very, very happy now because no one ever made him sad, or happy, or cry again, because he decided what mood to be in because he was in charge of his own button. Are you?

Thanks Paul N Humphreys.