In recent decades, self-control has received increasing attention as it can safeguard child-development and human wellbeing. Researchers from various disciplines—philosophy, neuroscience and social psychology—have investigated what self-control is, how it is generated and how it can be stimulated. This chapter critically reflects on recent discussions of the concept and the science of self-control while investigating their bearings on the question of whether parents have a responsibility to raise self-controlled children and what that would entail. The argument put forth is that current social psychology and neuroscience largely investigates controlled behaviour but ignores the prefix self. Consequently, a more comprehensive understanding of the term that does justice to both aspects is provided. This gives rise to two different sets of educational goals. Firstly, raising self-controlled children entails teaching them strategies to overcome temptation. Secondly, it requires that parents support children to develop a self that sets its own goals, reflects on these goals and considers them as reasons for action. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
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Horstkötter, D. (2017). Raising Self-Controlled Children. A Philosophical Analysis of Neuroscience and Social Psychology Perspectives (pp. 73–90). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42834-5_5
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