The Self-Driven Child
The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
About the book
The same problem reached William Stixrud and Ned Johnson from different angles: even high-performing kids arrived stressed and unmotivated. The two concluded that giving children a greater sense of control over their own lives is the best remedy for stress. Stixrud is a clinical neuropsychologist who helps kids struggling with anxiety or learning, and Johnson is a motivational coach who runs a tutoring service. They stress that more control for children does not mean parents give up their authority. The book combines brain science, findings from behavioral therapy and case studies from the thousands of kids and teens the authors have helped, with the aim of raising resilient children ready for new challenges.
It appears in David Heinemeier Hansson's list of the books he read in 2018.
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David Heinemeier Hansson (Co-Founder/Basecamp)
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 unraveled. Bill is a clinical neuropsychologist who helps kids gripped by anxiety or struggling to learn. Ned is a motivational coach who runs an elite tutoring service. Together they discovered that the best antidote to stress is to give kids more of a sense of control over their lives. But this doesn't mean giving up your authority as a parent. In this groundbreaking book they reveal how you can actively help your child to sculpt a brain that is resilient, and ready to take on new challenges.
The Self-Driven Child offers a combination of cutting-edge brain science, the latest discoveries in behavioral therapy, and case studies drawn from the thousands of kids and teens Bill and Ned have helped over the years to teach you how to set your child on the real road to success. As parents, we can only drive our kids so far. At some point, they will have to take the wheel and map out their own path. But there is a lot you can do before then to help them tackle the road ahead with resilience and imagination.
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