What motivates children to do well in school-and in life? asks Sheila Zaretsky in this compelling, highly readable view of the most troubling aspect of modern education. Why is it that some are goal oriented and succeed while others hang back, turn away, or totally shut down? How can the unmotivated ones be reached? Finding answers to these questions became the focus of my twenty-five-year career in teaching, and it remains the focus of my second career as a psychotherapist. This book tells what I have learned about the powerful inner forces that can lead to growth and success or to...