Think about it. Be honest. Is your child an Instant Gratifier or a Patient Postponer? So what? Does it really matter? As a parent, teacher, coach, and mentor do your actions and interactions make a ...

A team of psychologists at the University of Manchester, in the U.K., working with a colleague from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, in Morocco, has found that children tend to behave differently ...

A new study has found that U.S children are more likely to delay gratification in opening a gift than in waiting to eat, while the opposite was true with children growing up in Japanese culture.

In the late 1960s, Stanford University conducted an experiment on young childrens’ self-control and ability to delay gratification. Researchers would give young children a choice: the child could ...

You're in the thick of the holiday shopping season and your youngster has a serious case of the gotta-have-it-now syndrome. Talk about going in 60 million directions without a worry about costs. One ...

Modern technology offers children instant access to everything—from entertainment and information to food and communication. While convenience is a benefit, constant availability can also rob kids of ...

Overcoming impulses to enjoy here-and-now rewards in order to attain later benefits is fundamental to achieving goals. Such delaying of gratification is often measured by the well-known "marshmallow ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Understanding what’s happening in a child’s brain may hold the secret to encouraging healthy behaviors. Curbing a child’s craving for sweets or screen time might be achievable ...

Have you ever heard stories of people’s posts going viral on Instagram or TikTok? Because of social media, we’re all wondering when this moment will happen to us. We’re waiting for our posts to go ...