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Habits Q & A: How to Break a Bad Habit
Sonya shares some practical tips for breaking a bad habit the Charlotte Mason way.
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Category Habits
Notes on the habits that Charlotte Mason encouraged parents to cultivate in their children.
Habits Q & A: Parent’s Character; Maintaining a Sweet, Even Temper
How the parent’s character affects habit training and how Mom can keep a sweet, even temper.
Habits Q & A: Training the Will
Sonya explains the key to helping children learn to make good choices.
Will: Core Values of Charlotte Mason
We need to teach our children the difference between “I want” and “I will.”
Habits Q & A: Starting with Older Children; Dealing with Negativity
How can you start habit training with an older child? How do you help a child who tends to think negatively?
Habits Q & A: Habits with Multiple Children
What’s the best way to approach habit training with multiple children in the family?
Habits Q & A: Special Needs; One at a Time
How do you cultivate good habits but also a flexible mind-set in an autistic child? How do you focus on only one habit with several children?
Habits Q & A: Consequences
Here are four steps to help you come up with effective consequences.
Habits Q & A: Introduction to Habit Training
Sonya begins a new series answering questions about habit training.
Your Questions Answered: Does Best Effort Kill Love of Learning?
Are we killing the love of learning in our children by requiring them to put forth their best effort?
Habit Training Yourself — New Workshop Video
I forget which convention it was that started it all. I had just finished presenting the workshop on Laying Down the Rails, all about instilling good habits in your child’s life. As I was taking off the lapel mic and…
3 Ways to Develop Willpower
Right off the bat, some of you may be thinking, “Strengthen my child’s will? I don’t need to strengthen it. He’s a strong-willed child already!” And that may be the case, but don’t jump to any conclusions. You might want…
Is Your Child Strong-Willed or Weak-Willed?
A few weeks ago I did a post on the Way of the Will as a little refresher course on how Charlotte Mason explained the will and how it works. Many of you responded with requests for more on that…
Your Questions Answered: Not Repeating Yourself
Today I’m joined by my friend and co-worker, Laura Pitney, to do another installment of Your Questions Answered. The question for today is quite interesting: “You say not to repeat yourself, but I’m wondering how you teach this? I have…
The Way of the Will
I was recently talking with a group of parents, and in the course of our time together, I mentioned how important it is to make sure our young adults know how the will works. Well, all of the parents in…