the punishment is just,

尤其是惩罚显得很小的时候
I'm going to give you one fewer cookies tomorrow,

如果我明天会给你更多的好处
then you better be pretty patient not to go for the cookies today.

那你们最好乖乖等着别贪图短期利益了
I was about to say, those of you who have children.

我本想说你们那些当父母的
I'm probably the only person in the room with children.

但我发现我很可能是这里唯一有孩子的人
That cookie example will resonate for the rest of you,

等你们也有了孩子你就能理解我了
wait until you get there, you'll discover that, in fact,

等我们产生共鸣了你就会发现
cookies are the right example. So shorter punishment,

曲奇是个很好的奖惩物
less draconian punishments,

对于短期和宽松的惩罚
less reduction in your kid's cookie rations tomorrow is only going to work,

减少明天曲奇的数量
is only going to sustain good behavior provided

只有在你的孩子对明天充满希望时
those kids put a high weight on tomorrow.

这种办法才会奏效的