Who knew not listening to your parents as a kid could pay off?

New research published in the journal Developmental Psychology found that children who didn’t listen to their parents while growing up ended up with a higher income, according to Quartz.

“We might assume that students who scored high on this scale might earn a higher income because they are more willing to be more demanding during critical junctures such as when negotiating salaries or raises,” the researchers wrote in the published study.

Additionally, they noted that those who were more likely to push back against their superiors as children “also have higher levels of willingness to stand up for their own interests and aims, a characteristic that leads to more favorable individual outcomes—in our case, income.”

“We also cannot rule out that individuals who are likely or willing to break rules get higher pay for unethical reasons,” the researchers added.

As Quartz notes, this isn’t the first time a study like this has linked childhood trouble making to wages in adulthood. In fact, “agreeableness” has been found previously to equate to a lower income.

The research — conducted by the University of Luxembourg, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and The Free University of Berlin — analyzed data from 745 children in Luxembourg from 1968 to 2008.

This is true. Sometime ago I read that if you never disobeyed your parent for once in your life and you are 30 years +, you are still a kid. In most cases, being tough, stubborn and stiff minded are part of the qualities of great minds. It takes ruggedness and toughness to be on top of your game. You don't have to be 'yes sir' all the time. There are times that we have to challenge the authority and question some conventional practices. In such cases, while growing up, many people could tag you as a rude dude, crazy lad or bad boy...but I tell you, the good ones don't last. The bad ones eventually turn out to be the good ones and geniuses as they evolve. Lucifer was once a glorious angel, Hitler used to be a fervent church boy...the list goes on.

In all, in as much as we can never take away the place of loyalty, honesty and obedience in raising a child, we should also consider the implications of absolute loyalty, honesty and obedience. We are not robots, we are human!

kurlarday:
This is true. Sometime ago I read that if you never disobeyed your parent for once in your life and you are 30 years +, you are still a kid. In most cases, being tough, stubborn and stiff minded are part of the qualities of great minds. It takes ruggedness and toughness to be on top of your game. You don't have to be 'yes sir' all the time. There are times that we have to challenge the authority and question some conventional practices. In such cases, while growing up, many people could tag you as a rude dude, crazy lad or bad boy...but I tell you, the good ones don't last. The bad ones eventually turn out to be the good ones and geniuses as they evolve. Lucifer was once a glorious angel, Hitler used to be a fervent church boy...the list goes on.
In all, in as much as we can never take away the place of loyalty, honesty and obedience in raising a child, we should also consider the implications of absolute loyalty, honesty and obedience. We are not robots, we are human!

. So in ur mind lucifer was successful or even adolf hitler?na wa oo

Couldn't finish d article but when one becomes a rebel to d parents, he becomes a pain in d society. It's okay to break d rules some times, but never make it a habit.

kurupt1:
. So in ur mind lucifer was successful or even adolf hitler?na wa oo

Eh ya, so much for the comprehension classes in primary and secondary school.

What he actually meant is that even good kids could turn out bad later on. Those examples he mentioned seemed good initially but later changed course.

So u people are trying to disobey what the bible says. The only commandment with a promise attached.