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Show Notes
The way Charlotte Mason talks about moms and kids and obedience can easily sound like she’s frolicking in a field of whimsical flowers with a rare sort of child. It’s tempting to lift your coffee mug to your smirking lips and remind yourself that she didn’t have children of her own.
She doesn’t really know what it’s like.
Or does she?
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Ps. Yes, I have a cold.
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You can find the full episode notes here.
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Continuing Education Picks
Obedience Series, Risen Motherhood
Heartfelt Discipline: Following God’s Path of Life to the Heart of Your Child, Clay Clarkson
The Habit of Obedience, A Thinking Love
“Motherhood is One Big Millstone-Avoidance Project,” Brandy Vencel
Classical Heavyweights
Hints on Child Training, H. Clay Trumbull
Paradise Lost, John Milton
Principles 3 and 4, Charlotte Mason
3. The principles of authority on the one hand, and of obedience on the other, are natural, necessary and fundamental; but—
4. These principles are limited by the respect due to the personality of children, which must not be encroached upon whether by the direct use of fear or love, suggestion or influence, or by undue play upon any one natural desire.
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