Name: The Self-driven Child
Rating: 4.1875 (16 reviews)
ISBN: 9780735222519

Ned Johnson

William R. Stixrud

A clinical neuropsychologist and test-prep guru combine cutting-edge brain science with insights from their work with families to make a radical case for giving kids more freedom to unleash their full potential.

The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives

The Self-driven Child

The best parenting book I've ever read for school-aged kids and teens that puts their happiness and development at the center. It offers a diverse range of strategies and tools to guide parents towards their children's well-being, resonating with insights from other literature while providing valuable advice.

Raúl Barroso Moreno

Simao Freitas

Very insightful and challenging. I probably don’t yet have the full perspective necessary to appreciate its teachings but I look forward to scanning through it again in a few years.

Margaret Sh.

As a person grew up in China, with the constant pressure of the ultimate standardized test (gao kao, college entry exam) hovering over our head, I think the suggestions mentioned in this book is good for parents who are financially stable and live in a Western developed country, rather than the society I grew up or someone who's in a developing country. The targeted audience for this book is quite niche imo, but that's probably true for most parenting books (I'm assuming if you're underprivileged and living paycheck to paycheck, you probably won't really have time for reading parenting books, hopefully I'm wrong).

If you're a stereotypical middle-/upper-middle-class parent in suburban US who is struggling with parenting, this is the book for you. Otherwise maybe just read the first half of the book on developing your child's brain with as less pressure as possible and ignore the parts about middle and high schoolers.

Danica Holdaway

Fascinating must read! I’ll admit as a former teacher the chapters on education were disheartening - how have we strayed so far from what we know works?? But I needed to read this to remember the importance of agency, creativity, and to resist the infantilism of kids and teens.

Mike Gregory

I think this book is a must have for parents. It gives a lot of insights on raising your kids and when to let them do what’s best for themselves even if your scared to let them make all their own decisions.

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

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