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July 16, 2025 41 mins

How to be a Non-Anxious Parent and Raise Self Driven Kids with Ned Johnson. Ned Johnson is the founder of PrepMatters, an educational company that helps succeed in high school and get into college. A professional “tutor-geek” since 1993 has spent nearly 50,000 one-on-one hours helping students conquer an alphabet of standardized tests, learn to manage their anxiety, and develop their own motivation to succeed.

With Dr. William Stixrud, Ned co-authored The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives and What Do You Say? How To Talk With Kids To Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home. He is the host of the The Self-Driven Child podcast and his work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC, and many others.

Check out his books here:

The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives: https://amzn.to/44yLynr

What Do You Say? How To Talk With Kids To Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home: https://amzn.to/44qUw64



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