self-control

Example Sentences

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Holding back a child can be a good option to allow children extra time to develop self-control and self-regulation skills vital for the classroom, said Stanford professor Thomas Dee, who has studied red-shirting.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Given the attention-sucking power of mainstream devices and software, "this is not about self-control anymore," Tang added.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

For years, scientists have believed that compulsive behaviors happen when people become trapped in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

Mr. Sheehan explains that Christian history is not a story of autonomy, a notion of self-control he borrows from Kant’s ethics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

But a DNA double helix cannot autonomously make a copy of itself; otherwise, it might replicate without self-control.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee