How to Raise Self-Driven Children with Dr. William Stixrud

Raising Good Humans

Voicing Change Media

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In this week’s episode, I’m joined by clinical neuropsychologist Dr. William Stixrud, co-author of The Self-Driven Child and the brand new Seven Principles for Raising a Self-Driven Child workbook. We talk about how to nurture internal motivation, what it really means to be autonomy-supportive, and how to step back without checking out. We also explore the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, how to support kids with executive function challenges, and why doing less as a parent can sometimes mean giving more. I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK! Order your copy of The Five Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans Here: https://bit.ly/3rMLMsL Subscribe to my free newsletter for parenting tips delivered straight to your inbox: draliza.substack.com Follow me on Instagram for more: @raisinggoodhumanspodcast Sponsors: Sakara: Head to Sakara.com and check out The Essentials Bundle. And donʼt forget to tell them how you heard about them at checkout (podcast - Raising Good Humans) Great Wolf Lodge: Learn more at GreatWolf.com YNAB: Listeners of Raising Good Humans can claim an exclusive three-month free trial, with no credit card required at www.YNAB.com/humans Wayfair: Head over to Wayfair.com and find something that’s just your style today. iRestore: Reverse hair loss with @iRestorelaser and get $625 off with the code RGH at https://www.irestorelaser.com/RGH! #irestorepod Gabb: For the best deals, sign up to Gabb today–no contract required–at GABB.com/HUMANS Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode. Produced by Dear Media. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:08.8	Welcome to Raising Good Humans.
0:11.0	I'm Dr. Eliza Pressman, and today's episode is with Dr. William Sticks-Rood, who's a clinical
0:19.5	neuropsychologist.
0:21.3	He's on faculty at the Children's National Medical Center and George Washington University
0:26.5	Medical School.
0:28.0	He is one of the world's leading experts on the adolescent brain, and he has written some
0:35.1	phenomenal books.
0:37.1	You might have heard of them.
0:38.5	One, he co-authored, called The Self-Driven Child.
0:42.3	And now he has a workbook out that he's co-written with Ned Johnson called
0:48.4	The Seven Principles for Raising a Self-Diven Child, A Workbook.
0:53.6	And this is such a great conversation,
0:56.4	not just for those of us who are feeling like,
1:00.8	how do I help my child have internal motivation
1:04.0	and figure out what makes them interested and curious,
1:09.2	but also for those kids who are doing all the things,
1:13.1	or checking all the boxes,
1:14.7	but you just sense they're doing it for the wrong reasons,
1:18.1	or they're doing it for you.
1:20.0	And we're also talking about kids who are driven
1:23.7	for all sorts of reasons and kids who are just struggling. They might have executive
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