Page 13 - Jeff the Monkey

Did it occur to you while reading the story that the adult and other young monkeys were really hurting Jeff? They were hurting him because by giving in to his Stinky Thinking, they made it possible for him to continue to think that way... Stinky.
When Jeff told himself, “They should give me some bananas because they have some and I don’t,” his thinking was Stinky. But he never had to ask himself “Is my thinking making any sense,” because no one told him his thinking was Stinky.
Jeff never had to consider changing his thinking because everyone gave in to him. Their Stinky Thinking might have sounded like this: “I should feel bad that Jeff does not have any bananas and I should help him.” Or, “I just can’t stand his yelling so I will give him what he wants and that will shut him up.” You may have to change your own Stinky Thinking to Good Thinking, when dealing with the “Jeffs” in your life.
1. What Good Thinking could the other monkeys have told themselves when Jeff bullied them?
2. When the other monkeys thought that way, how would they feel?
3. What could they have told Jeff about his bullying behavior ?
4. Would that have been helpful to him?
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