SINGAPORE – Pre-school children with parents who are better educated or have a higher income tend to do significantly better when it comes to language and numeracy skills.
And children of parents with higher educational qualifications are more likely to do better at practising self-control and delayed gratification, where they forgo a smaller reward offered immediately in return for a bigger one if they wait.
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