"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you." "I might as well be talking to a brick wall!" "In one ear and out the other." Clearly, kids who don't listen is a thing. We have tons of cultural idioms about not listening, and they're often used to describe children. Some of this probably comes from … [Read more...]
The Stages of Charlotte Mason Habit Formation
"Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life." This is how Charlotte Mason describes the tools that we should use to educate our children in a way that respects them as people. Just like grown-ups, children are creatures of habit. But it's up to us mothers to determine whether they will be creatures of good habits or bad habits. We could … [Read more...]
