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Educational Philosophy, Home Education
The Proper Care and Feeding of Teenagers (Part 1: The First Principle)

The title of this series immediately makes us think about food, doesn’t it? And it’s true: serving good food is critical. But that’s Part 2. Today, we’re going to cover what I believe to be the first principle, the primary principle when it comes to raising young humans: To grow, humans require nourishment. I mentioned in the series introduction that I would be returning again and again to the idea that humans are a unity of body, mind, and soul Continue Reading…
March 21, 2022
Educational Philosophy
The Proper Care and Feeding of Teenagers (Series Introduction)

The most frequent topic request I’ve received in recent years is, “I wish you’d write more about raising teenagers.” I understand this. I used to be dismayed that once moms gained even a little wisdom, they stopped sharing any of it. Because I remember this, I’ve decided to surrender and try my hand. I need to make a couple things clear, though: (1) I am not done mothering. I have no results to really prove myself. Because of this, I’m Continue Reading…
March 18, 2022
Educational Philosophy
What is Character?

[C]haracter is the aim of the educator.— Charlotte Mason, School Education, p. 98 Charlotte Mason talks a lot about the importance of good character in our scheme of education — she even has a whole volume titled Formation of Character. Rarely, though, do we talk about what she means by “character.” Like anything else in our philosophy, spending a bit of time paying attention to Miss Mason’s definition is a worthwhile expenditure. So: what is character? Well, Charlotte Mason has Continue Reading…
February 17, 2022
Home Education
Time for a Charlotte Mason Deep Dive

Charlotte Mason’s 16th Principle says this: There are two guides to moral and intellectual self-management to offer to children, which we may call ‘the way of the will’ and ‘the way of the reason.’ If education was only about subject matter, Miss Mason’s principles would have stopped at 15. She goes on to 20 because knowing history, science, and math isn’t the whole story. To Charlotte Mason, education was about character. We can’t just waltz into a room and form Continue Reading…
September 15, 2021