Family sagas unite the personal and historical, where societal changes collide with individual identity. It's no wonder ...

Raising a child who is self-motivated requires a balanced approach that can be difficult to figure out. Thankfully, many parents before us and after us have been able to achieve this.

After the release of his bestselling book “The Self-Driven Child,” clinical neuropsychologist William Stixrud got a request: make it even easier for parents to apply the research in the book. The ...

William Stixrud, a clinical neuropsychologist, and PrepMatters’ founder Ned Johnson, the authors of The Self-Driven Child, characterized How to Navigate Life as an “important book that offers dozens ...

I want to try to figure out what's really important to me." I think that the self-driven child is driven by internal motivation as opposed to other people's expectations, rewards, insecurity or fear.

The book’s other thread involves Swisher self-actualizing — by becoming more like the Silicon Valley elite she covers. She and a colleague start a conference that grows into a must-read Tech blog.

As parenting experts and authors of "The Self-Driven Child," we have a combined 65 years of research and experience working with kids (and have even raised a few of our own). We've found that the ...

As parenting experts and authors of "The Self-Driven Child," we have a combined 65 years of research and experience working with kids (and have even raised a few of our own). We've found that the ...

Raising a child who is self-motivated requires a balanced approach that can be difficult to figure out. Thankfully, many parents before us and after us have been able to achieve this.