What would Charlotte Mason say about children coming into the feast late or mid-year, when children refuse to cooperate, or how to get them to be more independent in their school lessons? This month’s Q&A addresses these questions from listeners.
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“They are careful to form habits upon which the routine of life runs easily, and, when the exceptional event requires a new regulation, they may make casual mention of their reasons for having so and so done; or, if this is not convenient and the case is a trying one, they give the children the reason for all obedience––”for this is right.” In a word, authority avoids, so far as may be, giving cause of offence.” (3/22)
“Expect Obedience.––The mother has no more sacred duty than that of training her infant to instant obedience.” (1/162)
“The work not done in its own time should be left undone. Children should not be embarrassed
with arrears, and they should have due sense of the importance of time, and that there is no other time for work not done in its own time.” (From “Suggestions” accompanying Programme 42)
Our Island Story, H.E. Marshall
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Charlotte Mason Soiree Conference
Episode 121: Growing Up with CM and Dyslexia–Mitchell Williams
Episode 30: The Way of the Will and The Way of Reason
Episode 115: Authority and Docility, Part I
Episode 116: Authority and Docility, Part II
Table of Contents for Q&A Episodes (and Topical Index too!)