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The Self-Driven Child The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives

William Stixrud PhD

“ A few years ago, Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson started noticing the same problem from different angles: Even high-performing kids were coming to them acutely stressed and lacking motivation. Many complained they had no control over their lives. Some stumbled in high school or hit college and unrav...

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The Daily Stoic

This book was recommended as a helpful resource for parents, focusing on raising self-reliant children. It was positively mentioned as a great book.

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I think you might have recommended the book to self-driven child which is a great book and that's another thing too I think as a parent if you're not educating yourself getting the daily dad and readi...

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This book was recommended as a helpful resource for parents, focusing on raising self-reliant children. It was positively mentioned as a great book.

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I think you might have recommended the book to self-driven child which is a great book and that's another thing too I think as a parent if you're not educating yourself getting the daily dad and reading about parenting asking great parents asking people that love their parents I just want to ask how was your childhood growing up they're like oh I love my dad I love my mom book you why I look at parenting just like I look at my job it also being a husband too those are the three things in my life on my job my husband and my parenting I want to be really really good at those and I'll educate myself I approach it like a job like I want to do research on how right in my journal about it so I want to know how I can be the best I can be at it

some parenting books I love there's a self-driven child there's a better man the good news about that behavior how to raise kids who aren't hassles to get to failure reading for our lives expecting better they're all really good but I found that reading them once wasn't nearly sufficient what I needed as a parent was the thing that I'd check in with and read every day seeing parenting as an ongoing process

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The book was paraphrased as conveying the idea that "People do well when they can." It was mentioned in the context of understanding people's actions within their limitations.

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When I interviewed Dr. William Sticksrud and Ned Johnson about their book The Self-Driven Child, which I carry at the Painted Porch Bookstore, they paraphrased an idea from Dr. Ross Green that's worth committing to memory. People do well when they can.

Episode: Ask Yourself This Question About Every Thought | H...

This book was recommended by the podcast host. The podcast host mentioned the book in relation to the concept of questioning every thought and impression before acting on it.

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as Dr. Stixrod said on the Daily Stoic podcast his excellent book, The Self-Driven Child is one I recommend you pick that up at the pinnip porch.

Episode: Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson on Building Re...

It was described as one of the speaker's favorite parenting books, and its popularity at the Painted Porch was noted. The book's concepts informed the speaker's parenting philosophy and were mentioned to be related to the new book, "What Do You Say?"

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Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, the author of The Self-Driven Child, one of my favorite parenting books.

One of the books I recommend to parents all the time, something that's informed my parenting philosophy.

And then they have a new book called What Do You Say? How To Talk With Kids To Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and A Happy Home. I think it's very much related to The Self-Driven Child.

And of course pick up The Self-Driven Child. Hopefully at the Painted Porch or anywhere books are sold.

Episode: Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson on Developing...

The authors were interviewed about their book, which offers guidance to parents and educators on fostering a sense of agency and purpose in children. They discussed the importance of intrinsic motivation and the development of a growth mindset.

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I've loved this book. My wife loved this book. We carry it at the Painted Porch bookstore. It's one of the few parenting books we have. It's a fantastic book. It's really about this idea of agency.

It's a great book. A must read for parents.

And it happens that the two guys know their fair share of stoicism.

we wrote the Self-Driven Child to try to help parents and educators kind of get ideas about how do we help to nurture that sense of agency that says this is your life and I respectfully I have confidence and respect that you can figure out your own life

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