One often spends hours wondering if our child is "smart", if he is in the right school, if he is well ahead. A great New Zealand study, Dunedin's study, has followed more than 1,000 children from birth to 32 years old and tells another story: at 3 years old, a single trait predicts better health, money and the risk of criminal record than the IQ or the income of the parents. This trait is self-control: the ability of a toddler to resist an impul…
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One often spends hours wondering if our child is "smart", if he is in the right school, if he is well ahead. A great New Zealand study, Dunedin's study, has followed more than 1,000 children from birth to 32 years old and tells another story: at 3 years old, a single trait predicts better health, money and the risk of criminal record than the IQ or the income of the parents. This trait is self-control: the ability of a toddler to resist an impul…