The Seven Principles for Raising a Self-Driven Child: A Workbook

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From the authors of What Do You Say? and The Self-Driven Child, a workbook of vital practices and step-by-step resources for parents striving to raise self-motivated, secure, and joyfully driven children

A guide to move from understanding the science and value behind nonanxious parenting to developing and sharpening the essential skills parents need to be a trusted resource for growing kids.

Authors William Stixrud and Ned Johnson have watched firsthand as the crisis around education and the mental health crisis in childhood have converged in the postpandemic years. Their book The Self-Driven Child was ahead of the curve in addressing the way these forces converge in adolescents at pivotal moments as children develop their sense of autonomy, ambition, self-discipline, and learning style. As the authors have continued to lecture on the book’s subject, parents have again and again homed in on the value of the model dialogues and practice prompts.

Using material from their current work with parents and children, and pulling essential principles from the science in The Self-Driven Child, this workbook guides parents to develop the practice of being a nonanxious presence in children’s lives, as well as introducing essential skills for navigating the pressure cooker of school. With prompts to help parents diagnose and rewire their instinctual response​s to stressful situations, exercises to give them the language to communicate clearly and calmly, and lists to keep anxiety responses in check and big-picture goals in view, this workbook will bring peace and clarity to parents and educators seeking to support the unique path each child traverses on the road to growing up.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Life
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 25, 2025
Edition ‏ : ‎ Workbook
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0143138251
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143138259
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 0.64 x 9.06 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #188,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #202 in Parenting Boys #421 in Popular Child Psychology #1,405 in Sociology Reference
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