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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.
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Category Habits
Notes on the habits that Charlotte Mason encouraged parents to cultivate in their children.
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…
Working On Best Effort During the Summer
We talked last time about how the summer months can be a great time to give focused effort in habit-training, even if you’re taking that time off from schoolwork. Especially if you’re taking that time off from schoolwork! When you…