The nice thing is that it doesn’t matter what Charlotte thought about it. She gave us some effective techniques for developing good habits that we can put to use. But we have a responsibility as parents before God to deal with sin and heart issues in our children, regardless of how CM classified those things.
You are correct that what she doesn’t matter when it comes to applying it. We can use her techniques to develop good habits while still dealing with the sin in our child. However, I find it helpful to know what she believed as I’m reading her writing. The language itself is already a challenge, so knowing her beliefs helps me to read her in context. So when I read her I’m trying to understand what she meant.
Thank you all again so very much. I’ve found this disscussion very helpful. And Doug, you had asked if anyone else thought a statement of faith would be helpful, and I really do appreciate reading statements of faith from curriculum designers, and educational material authors. I understand some are reluctant to share mission statements or statements of faith, because they want to avoid excluding people or “turning them off”. It’s something to consider. But as for me, I’m interested in using the best resources I possibly can, and knowing the most about the authors veiwpoint as I possibly can, not neccessarily to rule them out, but just to understand them better.
Wow, I really was interested in reading your statement of faith for objective reasons, but I must say how greatly encouraged I am to see how in-line with our own beleifs this statement is. Thank you for taking the time to create it, I found it really helpful!