“…Inhibitory control is revered by parents and educators in North America. However, these results fit with the larger body of research suggesting that if a child is shy, inhibitory control may interfere with approach behaviors in a social context (Brooker et al, 2016;Hassan & Schmidt, 2023;Henderson, 2010;Lahat et al, 2014;Lamm et al, 2014;Rodrigues et al, 2022;Thorell et al, 2004;Troller-Renfree et al, 2019;White et al, 2011). Rather than considering inhibitory control a panacea, it may be more helpful for parents and educators to think about inhibitory control like any other individual differences factor that may be helpful in some contexts (e.g., when working on an assignment independently) or at a certain level (e.g., moderate levels of inhibitory control), and confer risk in other contexts (e.g., when combined with high levels of shyness in a social context) or at a different level (e.g., very low or very high levels of inhibitory control; .…”