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# The Self-Driven Child

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- [BOOK LAUNCH PARTY AT WONDERLAND BOOKS!](https://www.wonderlandbooks.com/events#new_tab) - Come join us on Tuesday, April 1st at 7:00 pm when we will be kicking off our book launch at Wonderland Books in Bethesda, Maryland.
- [RAISING SUCCESSFUL KIDS Stop saying these 4 phrases to your kids, says neuroscientist—here’s how the most successful parents teach self-discipline](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/23/stop-saying-these-phrases-to-your-kids-says-neuroscientist-and-how-successful-parents-communicate.html#new_tab)
- [The Key to Raising a Happy Child](https://www.wbur.org/npr/584275859/the-key-to-raising-a-happy-child)
- [Teach Kids When They’re Ready](https://www.edutopia.org/article/teach-kids-when-theyre-ready#new_tab)
- [When a College Student Comes Home to Stay](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/well/family/when-a-college-student-comes-home-to-stay.html#new_tab)
- [Seven easy mistakes we all make with our kids – and what you should do instead](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/seven-easy-mistakes-make-kids-fix/#new_tab)
- [Why It's Always Better to Sleep On It](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-self-driven-child/201807/why-its-always-better-sleep-it#new_tab)
- [The Case for the Self-Driven Child](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-case-for-the-ldquo-self-driven-child-rdquo/#new_tab)
- [A College Application Checklist](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/create-a-to-do-list-for-your-college-search#new_tab)
- [Kids Are Getting the Wrong Message About Happiness. Here’s What You Need to Tell Them](https://time.com/6091466/what-to-tell-kids-about-happiness/#new_tab)
- [Why Kids Fight What Could Help Them](https://community.thriveglobal.com/why-kids-fight-what-could-help-them/#new_tab)
- [Overinvolved in your college kid’s life? It’s understandable but not helpful, experts say](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/16/health/college-student-independence-wellness/index.html#new_tab)
- [College admissions scandal: Even if you could give your kid everything, should you?](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/09/17/yale-or-jail-if-you-could-give-your-kid-everything-should-you/#new_tab)
- [Teach Kids When They’re Ready](https://www.edutopia.org/article/teach-kids-when-theyre-ready#new_tab)

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- [Home](https://theselfdrivenchild.com/) - The Self-Driven Child The science and the sense of giving kids more control over their lives. Buy the Book Today The Self-Driven Child The science and the sense of giving kids more control over their lives. Join Today Receive our monthly newsletter & our TOP TEN TIPS FROM "THE SELF-DRIVEN CHILD" & "WHAT DO YOU
- [Books](https://theselfdrivenchild.com/books/) - Apart from loving our kids unconditionally, the most powerful thing we can do for children is to foster in them a healthy sense of control. Apart from loving our kids unconditionally, the most powerful thing we can do for children is to foster in them a healthy sense of control. We wrote The Self-Driven Child
- [Bill](https://theselfdrivenchild.com/about/bill/) - Is there a way I can help? Contact Bill to speak to your school, company, or organization and to be a guest on your podcast. Call As a clinical neuropsychologist, I’ve spent almost 40 years evaluating kids for whom learning, attention, emotional regulation, and/or social functioning is hard, then sharing ideas about what can help.
- [Ned](https://theselfdrivenchild.com/about/ned/) - “Everything you said is true.” -Riana Alexander, mental health advocate and recent high school graduate “How did you know I was thinking that?!?” -11th grade student boy, St. John’s High School “Did you record this? Our parents need to hear everything you just said.” -8th grade boy, The McLean School “Everything you said is true.”
- [Contact](https://theselfdrivenchild.com/contact/) - Interested in contacting Bill or Ned for speaking engagements/workshops, Podcast Booking, Media Inquiry, or other information? Get In Touch! We love talking to kids and parents and all organizations and professionals doing the same. If we can help, let us know. Contact "*" indicates required fields URLThis field is for validation purposes and should be
- [Book Engagement](https://theselfdrivenchild.com/book-engagement/) - The only thing we like more than helping young people is helping people who help young people. If you are a parent, an educator, or a clinician, we’d love to talk to your school, company, or organization. Your talk about “The Self-Driven Child” was the best parent program I ever attended, in well over a
- [About](https://theselfdrivenchild.com/about/) - Bill and Ned’s ‘Excellent Venture’ is to offer advice to improve learning, performance, self-regulation, relationships, and mental health. Between us, we have more than 65 years of helping children and their parents and caregivers.We’ve lectured to hundreds of schools, businesses, and organizations in more than 30 states and a dozen countries, appeared on innumerable podcasts
- [Press/Resources](https://theselfdrivenchild.com/press-resources/) - Overinvolved in your college kid’s life? It’s understandable but not helpful, experts say College admissions scandal: Even if you could give your kid everything, should you? Teach Kids When They’re Ready Why Kids Fight What Could Help Them Kids Are Getting the Wrong Message About Happiness. Here’s What You Need to Tell Them A College
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- [Podcast](https://theselfdrivenchild.com/podcast/) - Helping parents raise kids with healthy motivation and resilience in facing life's challenges. Oh, and having more fun while doing it! We NEVER get tired of talking about what helps kids. As the host of The Self-Driven Child podcast, Ned interviews parenting and education experts (including Bill!) to bring parents more knowledge and tools for

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