Candy
Candy is short, intense, and almost always followed by a crash: it tasted so good, why does it have to end? The pictures below help you map out both the moment itself and what actually comes next.
Candy
An illustration showing a colorful swirl lollipop, a wrapped striped candy, and a pile of small round candies in various colors.
About this visual support
The hardest part of candy is rarely the candy itself – it is the second after the last piece is gone. The mood drops, the questions start, and whatever comes next meets a resistance that wasn't there before the bag appeared. Visual support shifts the focus from the ban (it is over now) to a sequence the child can see in advance.
Lay out three pictures: how much candy there will be, where you eat it, and what follows right after – brushing teeth, a glass of water, a book. The key is that the after-image is there from the start, not introduced once the crash has hit. The candy then becomes part of a sequence rather than an isolated peak you have to climb down from.
A concrete tip: count the pieces together before you start and place them on a plate next to the picture of the next activity. When the plate is empty, point to the next image instead of saying anything. In the Routined app you can build the candy moment as its own short routine, with a clear beginning and end.