Rule-Breaker? Or Potential Multi-Millionaire?
Does your middle school kid get called to the principal's office just about every other week? Does he not come home from a friend's when you tell him? Does he let his homework pile up until teachers warn you he's about to fail? If this is your son, don't worry, says a new study , according to smartplanet.com. He may just be the next Steve Jobs. Not that anyone's recommending you commend your kid for breaking the rules. But the study, conducted in Germany and Sweden over about 20 years, found that boys who pushed the boundaries often -- but didn't break the law -- often started their own businesses, and were pretty successful. The study followed 1,000 children from 10 years old to adulthood, Tyler Falk reports, and describes the rationale as the success possibly having "its roots in adolescent rule-breaking behavior.” Researchers initally thought they'd find that successful entrepreneurs lacked a moral compass -- you know, only out for the...