Dr. Gina Riley joins Annie Friday this week to discuss Self-Determination Theory and intrinsic motivation. Together, they discuss what types of environments, activities, and parameters can encourage young people to find their intrinsic drive. Intrinsic motivation relies on competence, autonomy, and relatedness. While it is not developed exclusively in homeschool or unschool settings, there are certain factors typically found within those settings that make it easier to access intrinsic motivation than in conventional school settings. Dr. Riley shares with Annie some antecdotes from her own atypical homeschool experience as a single working parent and how this has played out in the long term for her family. Dr. Riley works in the College of Education at Hunter College - CUNY. You may find her books on homeschooling ; her scholarly research work ; and her social media presence all to bring you helpful information and reassuring comfort throughout your family's school years.