Wild kids likely to be troubled as adults.(YOUR LIFE)

Children who score lower on measures of self-control as young as age three are more likely to have health problems, substance dependence, financial difficulties, and a criminal record by the time they reach age 32, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Self-control in the youngsters who participated in the study was assessed by teachers, parents, observers, and the kids themselves, and included measures such as "low frustration tolerance, lacks persistence in reaching goals, difficulty sticking with a task, overactive, acts before thinking, has difficulty waiting turn, restless, and not conscientious."

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