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Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Delay of Gratification in Children

It's not easy for children to learn to regulate those underlying primordial impulses, the ones that are wired in. The voluntary control centers have these little, weak ribbons going down to control the hypothalmus. This emerges in children probably between the ages of two and four. They should have it in place by four, because it's very difficult for them to really interact well with other children without having that delay of gratification in place.

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