Showing posts with label Early childhood education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Early childhood education. Show all posts

28 January 2011

Self-Control In Kids Predicts Future Success

Not quite as new as the  new one, but interesting all the same.

"A new study suggests that a child's future success depends on the amount of self-control they exhibit. From the article: 'The international team of researchers looked at 1,037 children in New Zealand born in the early 1970s, observing their levels of self-control at ages 3 and 5. At ages 5, 7, 9 and 11, the team used parent, teacher and the children's own feedback to measure such factors as impulsive aggression, hyperactivity, lack of persistence and inattention.