Girls nagged by moms grow up to be more successful

While most of us despise the fact that many moms can be pushy when it comes to disciplining their kids, particularly girls, their offspring may thank them later as nagging, according to science, may help them become more successful in life.

Based on a study carried out by researchers  at the University of Essex in England, girls with moms who set high standards for them were more likely to go to college and earn higher wages later.

Interestingly, they also found that girls with tiger mommies are less likely to get pregnant in their teen years.

“In many cases we succeeded in doing what we believed was more convenient for us, even when this was against our parents’ will. But no matter how hard we tried to avoid our parents’ recommendations, it is likely that they ended up influencing, in a more subtle manner, choices that we had considered extremely personal,” researcher Ericka Rascon-Ramirez suggested.