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Professor Jennifer Baker on Understanding Modern Stoicism

The Daily Stoic

CHAPTER

The Discipline of Kids

I worry about it because I see kids who have so little in our community far more disciplined than like, you know, wealthier kids. And sometimes I worry they don't get a chance to be creative and take risks for that reason. We have a friend who used to walk to practice miles, just a few years ago, walking miles. Now he's in juvenile detention. Like, I saw incredible levels of discipline and then it still doesn't work out. It's not even smart. It’s not even prudent. They're predicting properly whether they'll be treated well if they restrain themselves from the marshmallow. Yeah. When somebody comes in and sits in a room and says,

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