SPOILER WARNING
So I'm still only at the beginning of Buu's badassery, but some recent developments have brought up the value of patience, something that is often quite difficult for children.
So Buu is not patient, plain and simple. This is looked down upon because it doesn't allow for Gotenks to get ready and Piccolo points this out quite tactfully. Buu tries to wait, but can't, yells and screams, and gets his way because he is super powerful. I don't think that this is such a good example for our children, but truth be told if a greater-than-heaven powerful monster wanted something done immediately, I would probably hop to as soon as possible.
image credit: Funimation and Akira Toriyama
On the other hand we have Gohan, who's waiting for the oldest of Supreme Kais to power him up. He has to sit for upwards of 24 hours. This is well rewarded, but the rewards are not apparent along the way and the Supreme Kai is messing around all the while. This is quite frustrating but pays off in the end.
The portrayal of patience and impatience are done in parallel, with a lot of switching between Gohan waiting and Buu waiting, and then between Gohan waiting and Buu fighting. Since both sides are rewarded for their (im)patience, it seems to level itself out.
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