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When it comes to how to motivate kids, our society gets a lot wrong.
If you ever find yourself seconding guess your parenting choices that don’t always look like the rest of society’s parenting choices, definitely listen in to my talk with Jessica Lahey today.
In today’s episode, Jessica explains why extrinsic motivators (aka a parent begging, punishing, or bribing) don’t boost a child’s intrinsic motivation. And we dive into detail about all the better options.
Podcast Episode Highlights
- Background on why Jessica wrote this book
- How did our parenting styles shift over time?
- Over-parenting: why it’s hard to avoid and why it can be bad
- Best advice for boosting kid’s intrinsic motivation
- What are our kids missing out on if we don’t allow them to fail?
- Is the fear of failure being perpetuated from parents or is it a natural thing our kids pick up?
- What does the data show about overparenting?
- How did your parenting change as you wrote this book?
- Was it hard to transition to a new method of parenting?
- Why are chores so crucial for kids?
- How the gift of failure is for everyone, not just kids
- A closer look at generation differences (and nostalgia for the past)
- Book recommendations…
- Final advice…
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Podcast Episode Resources and Links Mentioned
Jessica is the author of The Gift of Failure (https://bit.ly/3QF1MEN) and The Addiction Inoculation (https://bit.ly/3K93tIm).
The books Jessica mentioned:
How to Be a Person by Catherine Newman: https://bookshop.org/a/5789/9781635861822
Your Turn by Julie Lythcott-Haims: https://bookshop.org/a/5789/9781250137777
Where to find Jessica:
website: jessicalahey.com
#amwriting podcast: https://amwriting.substack.com/
facebook: facebook.com/jplahey
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More of My Thoughts on Raising Kids:
- Free-Range Kids: How & Why (podcast episode)
- Homesteading with Littles: Strategies from a Experienced Mama (podcast episode)
- The 7 Lessons a Homestead will Teach Your Kids (podcast episode)
- Raising Old-Fashioned Kids in a High Tech World (blog article)
