Do
you have a shy little one you hope will emerge from his shell? Or a
rambunctious child you pray will mellow with age? Well, a new study found that kids' personalities seemed largely set by the time they hit preschool.
The researchers divided the kids into three groups: undercontrolled
(more aggressive, loud, and impulsive); overcontrolled (shy, withdrawn,
and unspontaneous); and resillient (the lucky socially adept ones.)
They asked teachers and parents about kids at ages 4, 5, and 6, and
then followed the for 19 years. They discovered the resillient kids
stayed that way, and the shy ones maintained that trait as well, though
they could learn to be more outgoing over time.
However, there
was an exception...
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