Yes. The take-away point is that the children’s patience with marshmallow promises and their long-term life success may be correlated because they’re mutually determined by whether adults and peers in their life are trustworthy and reliable, more so than by a variable of Intrinsic Self-Discipline.
Take those with a grain of salt.
There’s plenty of evidence (e.g.) of higher-income people engaging in similar behavior.
Yes. The take-away point is that the children’s patience with marshmallow promises and their long-term life success may be correlated because they’re mutually determined by whether adults and peers in their life are trustworthy and reliable, more so than by a variable of Intrinsic Self-Discipline.