According to the text, what causes low self-control/impulsivity? Explain why you agree or disagree with the text

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• Gottfredson and Hirschi trace the root cause of poor self-control to inadequate childrearing practices that begin soon after birth and can influence neural development.
• Parents who refuse or are unable to monitor a child's behavior, to recognize deviant behavior when it occurs, and to punish that behavior will produce children who lack self-control.
• Children who are not attached to their parents, who are poorly supervised, and whose parents are delinquent or deviant themselves are the most likely to develop poor self-control.
• The poor parenting produces low self-control children model may be intergenerational: parents who themselves manifest low self-control are the ones most likely to use damaging and inappropriate supervision and punishment mechanisms, such as corporal punishment; inappropriate discipline modes have been linked to lack of self-control in adolescence.
• These impulsive children grow up to become poor parents, who use improper discipline, and produce another generation of impulsive children.
• Some recent research efforts do show that the impulsive personality may have a physical or social root, or perhaps both.
• Student views will vary.