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Masterly Inactivity

Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Other Thoughts
Masterly Inactivity: A Million Letting-Go’s

Never again will I call you mine. -C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces Till We Have Faces (::: spoiler alert :::) is a story of self-deception. Orual, the Queen, has doomed her sister Psyche (also called Istra) through a supposedly loving act. Orual fears Psyche is living with a veiled beast — or perhaps Psyche is being ravaged by an outlaw who has deceived her. No matter. Orual is determined — for love, she believes — to either bring Psyche Continue Reading…
November 11, 2019
Educational Philosophy
Motherhood Is One Big Millstone-Avoidance Project

It may surprise parents who have not given much attention to the subject to discover also a code of education in the Gospels, expressly laid down by Christ. It is summed up in three commandments, and all three have a negative character, as if the chief thing required of grown-up people is that they should do no sort of injury to the children: Take heed that ye OFFEND not — DESPISE not — HINDER not — one of these little Continue Reading…
October 29, 2019
Books & Reading, Educational Philosophy
How Masterly Inactivity Protects Sibling Relationships

Chapter 8 of Your Teenager is Not Crazy starts off with a story of two teenage sisters. The father is driving the girls to school when the older, Jocelyn, realizes she’s forgotten her clarinet. The younger, Jasmine, is immediately enraged: Are you kidding me? You always do this. Now we’re going to be late. I can’t believe this! Let’s pause right there. What did we just learn? Two things: “You always do this.” Assuming this isn’t a falsehood said in anger, older sister Jocelyn Continue Reading…
September 26, 2018
Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Mother's Education
Masterly Inactivity: Charlotte Mason Secrets to Successfully Leading Your Homeschool

For the past twelve months, the topic of Masterly Inactivity has been a passion of mine. I’ve traveled to speak (and gotten to meet a number of you fantastic ladies!) and one of the talks I gave in every city I went to was all about one of my favorite ideas I’ve gleaned from Charlotte Mason over the years: masterly inactivity. Charlotte Mason once said: A blessed thing in our mental constitution is, that once we receive an idea, it Continue Reading…
August 16, 2018