"If you were presented with the opportunity to instill one, and only one, quality in your children, what would it be?
...according to famed family physician and author Dr. Leonard Sax, parents don’t have to resign themselves or their children to such a fate.
His research shows that there is one thing parents can instill in their children to ensure a successful future.
That thing is self-control:
“What characteristic, measured in childhood, best predicts health, wealth, and happiness in that individual 20 years down the road, when the child is an adult? Is it intelligence? Grades in school? Ability to make friends? No. It is none of these things. Longitudinal cohort studies consistently find that self-control in childhood best predicts health, wealth, and happiness in adulthood, far better than IQ scores, grades in school, friendliness or popularity.”
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