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My parents weren't "strict" per say, but...since I am an only (adopted) child, they were definitely overprotective (which payed a role in my own decision-making at an early age).  They instilled a strong sense of right vs. wrong in me and I had a very clear (perhaps overly) view that right=good and wrong=bad (that was then magnified when I went to Catholic Sunday School).  I never wanted to disappoint my parents, so I typically tried to do the "right thing."

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I think that I had self- discipline as a kid, for the most part. My parents used an authoritative style of parenting when raising both me and my brother. I don't feel that they were overly strict, but my house was definitely very structured and we had rules about what we could and could not do. I think a key part in developing self- discipline as a kid was being involved in different activities outside of school; I was always in sports, which I think played a role in becoming more self- disciplined. There was also expectations that my parents placed on school, which probably pushed me to become more disciplined as a kid and affected my self- discipline as I got older.

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I feel I was self-disciplined as a child, at least the from what I remember. My parents worked long hours (nurse and boat pilot) so we had a live in nanny. I was the oldest child so I had to be the one to set the example for my younger brothers. I think this expectation force me to always "do the right thing" or "prove myself" to my parents or my siblings. I don't think I would have eaten the marshmallow. - Staci W.

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I feel I was self-disciplined as a child, at least the from what I remember. My parents worked long hours (nurse and boat pilot) so we had a live in nanny. I was the oldest child so I had to be the one to set the example for my younger brothers. I think this expectation force me to always "do the right thing" or "prove myself" to my parents or my siblings. I don't think I would have eaten the marshmallow. - Staci W.

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I would consider myself self-disciplined as a child. I am my moms only child and my dad's youngest and only girl so my entire childhood was spent with incredibly overprotective parents. My academics were incredibly important to them and similar to what Dr. Terlecki mentioned, I never wanted to disappoint them so I always made sure grades and school came before anything else. I was also involved in many team activities like dance and sports so from the age of 5 when I started dance the idea of teamwork was ingrained in my brain. Especially with playing team sports I was taught the importance of doing your best so that the team can be it's best.

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Leo O.     Yes, quite simply, i grew up in a large household that required self-discipline to simply survive.  I started working at eleven, in a small butcher shop, and have been working ever since.  I am now 61.  My family valued work over education.  My parents both dropped out of high school, my father joined the Marine Corps and my mother went to work.  I was the first in my family to attend a college and the first to graduate with a degree.  Education to me was my way out of the environment I was in.   There was not time for sports, clubs, after school activity, there was school and work.   I resented the 'athletes' and 'engaged' students in high school who participated in these extracurriculars.  I did not.  I recognized at a very early age that success for me was not following the path in front of me and I put every effort into getting a proper education.  I think it worked out OK....I worked hard, i played hard and I succeeded.  

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Leo O.     Yes, quite simply, i grew up in a large household that required self-discipline to simply survive.  I started working at eleven, in a small butcher shop, and have been working ever since.  I am now 61.  My family valued work over education.  My parents both dropped out of high school, my father joined the Marine Corps and my mother went to work.  I was the first in my family to attend a college and the first to graduate with a degree.  Education to me was my way out of the environment I was in.   There was not time for sports, clubs, after school activity, there was school and work.   I resented the 'athletes' and 'engaged' students in high school who participated in these extracurriculars.  I did not.  I recognized at a very early age that success for me was not following the path in front of me and I put every effort into getting a proper education.  I think it worked out OK....I worked hard, i played hard and I succeeded.  

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I think I had some areas where I was self-disciplined and others that I was not.  In the interest of having some responses in the No category, I will focus on my No areas.

Neither of my parents grew up in environments where education was seen as most important.  My father did attend school until he was 16, but did a lot of work outside of school.  From what I was told, my father was a bright student, but just did not apply himself.  I can believe this as my own observation of my father was of an intelligent man who was curious about various subject areas, but just did not have much formal education.  My mother's education was more influenced by "a woman's place is in the home" attitude and similar to my father, was intelligent but not pushed to go far in school.  My uncles (on mom's side) however, did complete advanced studies.
I did well in school, but was never organized, did assignments at the last minute or late, was not disciplined about studying and kind of wandered into my eventual profession. My social life was similarly "go with the flow" rather than planned. I think think this led me to be more of a follower than a leader until later in life.

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When I hear child, I am thinking of Middle and Elementary age not high school. By the time I had hit high school I do believe I found myself to become for self-disciplined because of the experience I had gained. In elementary school I struggled, because I had undiagnosed ADHD, and it was very uncommon to have a girl diagnosed at a young age. I was punished multiple times for being hyperactive and I wasn't able to find methods of channeling. When I had gotten to middle school I had some control over my hyperness but I still had some impulsive tendencies. So, no I don't believe I was very self-disciplined as a child, because I need guidance to cope or manage my condition. However, I would say I was by self-discipline by the time I hit high school.

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I do not think I was very self-disciplined. I can be honest and say I was a terrible student in high school. I did just enough to stay eligible for sports and then coasted. My parents weren’t in my ear about school, all that much. It’s not that school wasn’t important to me, it’s more so that I wanted to be Mr. Popular and the class clown, I would then fall behind and feel too overwhelmed to complete all the work. I would say I 100% underachieved in high school due to not being very self-disciplined.

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I do think I was a self-disciplined child. Both of my parents are working at school, I am the younger one at home, my sister is 7 years older than me and she has a totally different personality from me, she had behavior problems when she was young, my parents had to deal with my sister's issues from her middle school years. I was at kindergarten at that moment. My parents put all of their hopes and expectations on me when I was 5 or 6, I never wanted to disappoint them, so I only did the right things. Also because I watched my sister's growing process and I also hold the sense of right and wrong. I feel disappointed or guilty if I did something wrong. When I grow up, it is still like I can keep myself forward, stay motivated and take action.

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Compliant to a point, yes. Rebellious for a stage, absolutely. Any discipline I had was developed through external forces. A simple example is the difference between having to take piano, trombone, etc as a child vs. wanting to do those things as an adult. Night and day. I was very disciplined as a child, but didn't embrace self-discipline until adulthood.

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I was self-disciplined at home because I had a pretty chaotic home life. I cooked, cleaned, helped to take care of my younger brothers, and helped to take care of my mother. This environment caused me to rebel and not have self-discipline in pretty much all other areas of my life. In school especially, I was not self-disciplined at all. I was able to achieve high grades in my classes without having to study, so it created habits of procrastination and disorganization on my part. These habits eventually created issues for me when I was in college because I did not know how to study, and I mismanaged a lot of time. I also rebelled in my social life as a teenager and did not have self-discipline with a lot of the decisions I made. I had to be "put together" at home, so I did not want to have to be disciplined anywhere else. Procrastination and disorganization are habits I am still working to break today.

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As a child, both my parents were working. So, my grandma raised me. I could say that I spent most of my childhood years with her. She was very strict with me, and would not allow me to do what other kids would do. I would not be able to leave the community where we lived. I could not travel with my friends, could not go to field trips, etc. She would alleyways tell me to be quite and do not bother anyone when we went to visit our neighbors in their houses. It was not just my grandma who would police me, my uncles who lives with us would also look after me and always watch me. They would yell my name from the balcony when it got dark outside, and if I did not respond to their calls, they would come out and look for me. I am not sure if that was a good or bag thing because when we talk about the good old days, their response is "well, we were strict with you so that no one would kidnap you or did anything bad to you." So, I developed that self-discipline ever since I was a child.

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I was a self-disciplined child/adolescent. I had to know and understand why...why I was told "no" or why I could not do something or why I had to wait.  I was the youngest of 4, yet I was the one that went against the mold.  I did not confirm to the ideals of my parents.  I was born with a disability so there were a long list of things I was constantly told that I would not be able to do.  I beat the odds and accomplished what I had determined in my mind to do.  My perceived weaknesses were overcome.  Even if I were in pain, which is generally a constant in my life, I could maintain my emotions and/or feelings to do what was right for me despite being told that I couldn't.

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I was a self-disciplined child/adolescent. I had to know and understand why...why I was told "no" or why I could not do something or why I had to wait.  I was the youngest of 4, yet I was the one that went against the mold.  I did not confirm to the ideals of my parents.  I was born with a disability so there were a long list of things I was constantly told that I would not be able to do.  I beat the odds and accomplished what I had determined in my mind to do.  My perceived weaknesses were overcome.  Even if I were in pain, which is generally a constant in my life, I could maintain my emotions and/or feelings to do what was right for me despite being told that I couldn't.

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I think I was self-disciplined as a child. I am the oldest of 4 with 3 younger brothers. My house growing up was chaotic at the best of times, and I felt I had a responsibility to finish my homework as quickly as possible, help set the table, keep the house clean, help my brothers with their homework, and set a good example for my brothers to follow. I knew that my mom and dad worked really hard, and it was important to me to show them that I could help. My parents always encouraged us and I wanted to thank them by following their example.

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I wanted to choose yes I do think I was! for things I was very self disciplined, but then I quickly realized that I cannot be self disciplined only for what I wanted or liked. My parents split when I was 11 so I did somethings at my dad's home more as a choice not as strict as at the daily life routine I had with my mom, she was (is) overprotective and she always was on top of things. I am grateful for so many things she pushed/ forced me to do and finish, that after all these years now I understand how much it has paid off to my own benefit. I was always involved in sports after school which helped me become more disciplined as a kid and again benefit me as an adult.

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I had parents and individuals around that establish those important principles early on. I understood not just the right and wrong of things in terms of how it would affect me, but also how my right and wrong choices would affect others around me. Because of that empathy I developed, I started to think more about the good and bad of my choices more, and acted impulsively less. So while I started with guidance I eventually made my own choices.

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My parents were fairly strict when I was growing up, but I feel this caused me to want to rebel and go against them, I feel like I was self-disciplined in some areas but not others. I have two younger brothers I often had to take care of because both my parents worked full time, I did my chores around the house, etc. When it came to school I could get away with not studying and still getting A’s and B’s, so this made me not want to go the extra mile to study which eventually caused me some issues when I got to college because I finally hit subjects I did not immediately understand. In college I had to quickly turn things around and I feel now at this point I am more self-disciplined but still working on some aspects.

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When I was in an environment where my peers were not self-disciplined, I did not feel the need. I was egocentric and did not care about others but was offended when others did not take my feelings into consideration. I will say that once I moved to a different environment where self-government was practiced, I became a lot more self-disciplined because it was the cost of fitting in.

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I do think that I was a self - disciplined child ,raised by grand parents of both the sides of the family until my teenage . Both of my parents were working and father was away from our place in most of my school and college days. My grand parents were supporting our mother since we were 4 siblings.  I had so much influence of my grand parents on me with their modern ideology thinking than my mom. My mother was not a authoritative person to rub her ideas on us. We were helping mom in so many ways and we were all self disciplined to help her. Mom never put restrictions on us , but she was clear in her thoughts about our safety to do / participate in school activities. I still believe that after school activities like drama club, games and competitions like Math quiz, Science fair helped me develop a character in me and made me better person.

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Yes, I was definitely self-disciplined. I was the oldest child and was held to a pretty high standard, but most of the pressure was self-imposed. I also grew up in a school system that was nationally recognized for excellence and everyone was held to a very high standard for their academics. This led to really good study habits and developed my self-discipline further. BUT it also led to me going through a very rebellious phase later when I could finally "let loose". So it's a double-edged sword!

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I grew up in a pretty wild environment. Los Angeles in the 90's. My mother was in survival mode and never had time to really "properly" raise us. So I spent a lot of time with my friends running around our city with no structure or focus on anything. We were without affection or care but there were three of us and our neighborhood was full of kids and pets. In the summer it was 20 times as lawless because some of use would spend time in Mexico.

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I often take more responsibility for my own actions and make informed and thoughtful decisions.

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I would DEFINITELY consider myself a self-disciplined child. I was born and raised into long-lined military family. Both my grandfathers were in the military, my dad in the navy, and both of my uncles were in the army. To put it lightly, my family did not play! I you acted up; you knew what was going to happen. You would be given one of three punishments. You would either have to pull 100 weeds, be stripped down to your four basic rights (water, food, clothing, and shelter), or you would be given a spanking with a belt. Sometimes depending on how bad you were, you would be given multiple punishments. I learned what the consequences were very quickly because my adopted brother was always in trouble, so I never acted up.  Growing up it was always instilled in me to respect my elders and respond politely (Yes Ma'am, No Sir, Good Afternoon, etc.). School was seen as a place of learning, not socializing, and after school activities consisted of study groups, clubs, sports, homework, and chores. As my parents always said "structured activities keep you out of trouble". Growing up, I was always obedient and self-disciplined.

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My parents took a very different approach to parenting than many of my friends experienced. They did not let me make a fool of myself, instead they pointed out when others did it. When they saw someone acting out, they would point that person out to me and ask me if I thought they looked like they were mature. I would of course say no, because I still knew what the word meant even if I did not embody it. From there, they would tell me why they are acting the way they are, and how they should act differently in order to be an adult. I wanted to be like my parents, you know, all "adult" and "mature" and "loaded with credit card debt." (last one was a joke, haha.) From their lessons I adjusted my behavior and imposed self-regulatory guidelines for my behavior, including strong feelings of remorse for any perceived wrongdoing I had done. It quickly spiraled into self-loathing in my later years because I realized that no matter what I did, I would not be "perfect." But, by my parents allowing me to develop a moral code through watching others, I was able to create a very regimented style of living and strive to be a moral person.

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I would totally have considered myself a self-disciplined child. It's actually funny talking to my parents about it now, they tell me I was the most adult acting kid they ever knew. As far as I remember, my parents never had to tell me to do something, I just always did it, whereas I distinctly remember them always telling my brothers to do things. Later in high school, I was in multiple AP classes, three bands, and three softball teams and I think it takes a lot of self-discipline to successfully maneuver that stressful schedule!

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From an early age, my parents taught me to self-discipline. I was never the type of child that destroyed their toys. In fact, my Tonka toys would get a car wash if they ever got dirty. I just never enjoyed seeing them get ruined and knew my parents worked hard to buy me them. I got my first job at the age of 14 and began paying for things like my cell phone and as I got older I took on more. I helped pay for my first vehicle and insurance for it and I still have it to this day. I always kept track of my expenses too because I understood the value of a dollar. My parents supported me but also taught me how to become a self-disciplined person.

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I don't think I was a very self-disciplined child but I have become a very self-disciplined adult. I say this because I had VERY overprotective parents that expected me to be perfect in every way. That was part of why I did things to rebel against them. Now I see the value in many things they said or did but at the time it felt overbearing and I needed to rebel in any way I could.

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I was also very disciplined as a child. My dad was pretty strict and scary and I didn't want to upset him because it felt dangerous. I was a people pleaser all throughout school and beyond.  I got good grades, followed the rules and was so scared of getting in trouble.

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I was a very self-disciplined child. I grew up as a first-generation Laotian-American and was the first born child in the family. I was always surrounded by family members who would always tell me what they viewed as "right". If I ever got in trouble, they would be sure to explain why. I never felt threatened and knew my family had expectations for me; but always allowed me to participate in whatever interested me. In school, I got good grades and never got in major trouble. being in band in middle and high school taught me how to remain diligent in working towards a goal which was mirrored in my school work. However... I definitely prioritized music over academics in high school but maintained my grades well enough to satisfy myself, parents, and teachers.

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I believe I was a self-disciplined child in many ways. I was the youngest of 5 boys but seemed the most independent from early on. Contrasting with my older brothers, I cared about attending school every day, doing the work to get good grades, and aspiring to do more. I appreciate the satisfaction of a job well done and would use self-discipline to reach higher goals. Also, taking ROTC in high school taught me to have the self-discipline to practice and keep going to keep up with the troop.

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I grew up in a very regimented and structured household as a lot of my family members were from military backgrounds. There were expectations and routines daily that were consistently followed. As I got older and began to fully comprehend why these were in place, I noticed that my parents did not carry this out with order, however this was developed as a habit because of the simple consistency and routine. I was very fortunate that my parents instilled these practices from a very young age, as I believe this has led to my success and best qualities currently. I noticed others posted this as well and when I think about this more, I am a type of person who does not want to disappoint anyone, especially those close to me. I have a high expectation of success and achievement because of what others have provided and done for me. Notably I believe I am a very independent person who is self and intrinsically motivated to be the best person I can for aspects of my life including family, professional, and personal.

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I do for the most part think I was a self-disciplined child because I learned a lot from the people around me what to do and not to do. My parents definitely established rules at a young age, but were not super overprotective or overbearing as I am the youngest sibling. My parents got divorced when I was 12 and even though I definitely already had a good foundation, I had to become slightly more independent for the rest of my childhood. My parents worried about finances, putting food on the table, and driving me places of course, but I kept on top of all my school work, sports, and other events. I never asked for help with assignments and also never missed any deadlines. I was a straight A student my entire life and honestly was always very responsible just because I wanted to be.

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I would say I was a self-disciplined child. I am the youngest in my family and grew up with an older sister and older brother. Being the youngest I had many people to look up to and many people to teach me how to be self-disciplined. I would not say my parents were strict at all but that is exactly why I think I was a self-disciplined child. I was allowed to make my own decisions and decide what was right and what was wrong. Because my parents gave me a lot of freedom to make decisions for myself and I had my older siblings to follow in their footsteps, I never wanted to disappoint them which I think is a huge reason as to why I am self-disciplined.

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Billy Rawstrom-No I was  not a self disciplined child

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Billy Rawstrom-No I was  not a self disciplined child

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I grew up in a family where my dad was not around much and my mom worked midnights. I was left to my own devices way too much! In some ways maybe I had some discipline, because it didn't get done unless it came from within, but I also didn't have the discipline to do it as well.

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Jodie Klein

Yes,  I do believe that I was self-disciplined as a child.  I grew up in a household where my parents had rules and encouraged my brother and I to join in different groups and activities.  I choose to play sports where I learned how to be disciplined in order to be successful in sports.  I took it upon myself that make sure I set myself up for success by making good choices and trying my best to be a successful student athlete.

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I do not believe I was all that self-discplined as a child. To some extent I'm not sure I'm completely self-disciplined as an adult, but that's a different story.

I was the youngest of 4, so I was pretty spoiled as a child. I was also (still am,) a big personality...so getting what I wanted wasn't hard. My father wanted me to work harder (still does,) my mother wanted me to be better. I was happy to just coast along and see what happened next. I found what I liked and excelled at that, but in any area I didn't care about, I let things languish.

I still see those behaviors in me. I'm continuing to work on it.

I was not, as they say, a self-starter.

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While there were certain things that I determined were of less concern to me (putting away my laundry, for example), I would say that for the things that I valued, I was very self-disciplined. I got straight A's for all four years of high school - no small feat, and this was not even an expectation of my parents, just something I wanted to do for myself. Beyond academics, I walked my dog every day, ate a balanced diet and maintained my friendships. I have always been a pragmatic person who identifies the short list of things that MUST be done, and does them well. However, this means that I ignore some other things on the list during times of stress or overwork.

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I do think I was a self-disciplined child. My parents both worked and set high expectations for me as a child. One of the main reasons is that my older sister is eight years older than me and got in trouble a lot. I always learned from her mistakes. Watching her get in trouble and the destruction it caused to her relationship with our parents made me find a sense of right and wrong. Another reason is that my mom owned an all-star cheerleading gym where I would spend most nights at. I was on three teams until I was 14. So I learned how to do my homework on my own, cook, clean, and work all while at the gym. My mom was always supportive and helpful, but busy so I learned to be responsible and make my own choices.

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I had a lot of discipline as a child. I, too, was an only, adopted child, and my parents were older than other parents, which seemed to give me a link to some sort of depression-era scarcity labor mindset, as well as healthy doses of Catholic guilt. The result was something like self-flagellation through work, academics, exercise. It served me well, but it took me a lot of soul searching to not be a total drill sergeant with my own children.

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I do believe that I was a pretty self-disciplined child, maintaining good grades throughout school, rarely ever getting in trouble, and just generally being very responsible and dependable. Truthfully, I think this attitude developed since these were the same behaviors that I grew up seeing around me, and thus it was natural for me to emulate them. One example that jumps to mind is I remember once we found a $20 bill that somebody had dropped outside a restaurant, and my mom took me back inside with her to inquire at the different tables if it was anybody’s money that they had dropped. Thus, growing up after seeing how my family reacted in situations such as this, I modeled my own behaviors to reflect theirs.

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I would consider myself self-disciplined as a child. I grew up in a house with clear rules. My father was in the army and my mother a committed catholic. I went to catholic private school so education was important to my parents that they make the effort to pay for my private school so I couldn't fail them or disappointed. I was the first child, so I had to be a good example for my brother, so it was responsibility on my shoulders. I was involved in different school activities. I graduated high school at age 17 and I went to the convent with the Salesians nuns because I wanted to be a nun. So, I am pretty sure I would not eaten the marshmallow because I grow up fearing God and my mom voice saying that nothing can't be hidden forever.

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Yes; however, that has a lot more to do with not growing up in a "great" household. I was focused on doing well since that meant that I'd be able to leave.

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It's difficult to chose one because it depended on what I was focused on at the time, but I'd have to say I was not a very self-disciplined child. The area's that I did have self-discipline was athletics and art (photography). I took great joy in, and was highly motivated in those areas. However, looking back, my discipline came from others around me and a desire to compete.

When it came to schoolwork, and other similar areas, I lacked discipline. Certain subjects peaked my interest, such as science and history, but if it was not something that captivated me, I would surround myself with others who were also disinterested in the subject and I would reflect their habits. This would cause problems at home. I was a highly emotional child and teenager, and being the first born, I'm not sure if my parents knew how best to guide someone such as myself. I'd often retreat from things that did not interest me, or if I was intimidated by the task. It was not until I got to college, where I was also involved in athletics, that I was forced by coaches and tutors to develop better self-discipline.

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Yes, I do think I was self-disciplined as a child. I was raised in a house with clear rules and consequences. I was always concerned with getting good grades and knew that for that to happen I needed to apply myself. I was also taught about morals and right from wrong. I attended a catholic school from 1st-12th grade. I always remember the saying "Treat others how you want to be treated" This has helped guide me. Growing up in the city of Philadelphia there was a lot happening around me and I learned from it what not to do. I was not sheltered from the real world and saw that actions have consequences. I also have a large family my mother is the youngest of 8 so I had a huge support system being raised by a single mother.

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.  I was one of the oldest child in a family of kids.  Both my father and mother worked long hours outside the home.  As a young child, I was given and taught responsibilities very early even before I hit the double digits.  I was cleaning the house, sometimes cooking meals for my younger sister and brother.  I also was the babysitter for siblings and younger cousins. I also was responsible for making sure my homework was completed. I was active in sports.  So I learn early to develop structure to complete tasks that needed to be complete on a daily basis.  This has carried over to adult hood.