S10 E5: The Incredible Gift of Failure with Jessica Lahey

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.

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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.

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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