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“Self-Regulation for Children”

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IN the review of our book “The Free Family”, in Nature of April 2, p. 38, Prof. Vernon says that “it is clear that the children experienced considerable difficulty in adapting themselves to the society of children very differently brought up”, and he asks for independent evidence for their “spontaneity, poise and stability”.

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RITTER, P. “Self-Regulation for Children”. Nature 186, 911–912 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186911a0

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