How to Protect Your Child’s Intrinsic Motivation with Dr. Gina Riley
What helps kids stay curious, motivated, and connected to who they really are?
In this episode, I’m talking with educational psychologist, professor, researcher, and longtime unschooling parent Dr. Gina Riley about intrinsic motivation and Self-Determination Theory — a framework that has shaped both her academic work and the way she raised her own son.
We talk about:
The three things that support intrinsic motivation: competence, autonomy, and relatedness
Why freedom and choice matter so much in learning
What it looks like to let children develop interests that we might not have chosen for…
The skinny
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