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Episode 17: Reading of Ch 7 - The Parent as Schoolmaster Feb 24, 2019

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Chapter 7 - The Parent as Schoolmaster

'The schoolmaster will make him sit up!' - Why this, left to the schoolmaster - His successes, with children who have been trained at home - The habits of school-life are mechanical - Mental 'sprawling' exemplified in 'Edward Waverley' - Parents are apt to leave training to the schoolmaster - We are not meant to grow up in a state of Nature - The first function of the parent is that of discipline - Education is a discipline - Discipline is not punishment - How disciples are lured - Steady progress on a careful plan

Episode 16: Discussion of Ch 6 Feb 17, 2019

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In which we sit down and discuss Chapter 6

Episode 15: Reading of Ch 6 - Parents as Inspirers: Primal Ideas derived from Parents Feb 10, 2019

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Ch 6 - Parents as Inspirers: Primal Ideas derived from Parents

The chief thing we have to do - Two ideas of God fitting for children - 'We outh to work slowly up through the human side'; why not? - Logical certainty and moral right - The conscientious Jew and the Crucifixion - The patriotic Jew and the Crucifixion - Primal ideas derived from parents - First approaches to God - Communing out loud before the children - A child's gratitude - Archaic forms in children's prayers - 'The shout of a King' - 'The fight of Christ against the devil' - 'Oh dear! it's very hard to do God's work!'

The text can be found here and here.

Episode 14: Discussion of Ch 5 Feb 03, 2019

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Do we really become more conservative with age? - The Guardian

Do children take their parents' beliefs? - The Atlantic

Millennials affected majorly by the Great Recession of 2008 - CNN

Incident between teen in MAGA hat and Native American with drum - news.com

Flat Earth Debate on KLBJ in Austin

Teaching children how vs. letting them explore - MIT.edu

Watch your thoughts. They become words. Watch your words. They become deeds. Watch your deeds. They become habits. Watch your habits. They become character. Character is everything. (Source)

GK Chesterton on Fairy Tales (wikiquotes)

Fairy tales, then, are not responsible for producing in children fear, or any of the shapes of fear; fairy tales do not give the child the idea of the evil or the ugly; that is in the child already, because it is in the world already. Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. Exactly what the fairy tale does is this: it accustoms him for a series of clear pictures to the idea that these limitless terrors had a limit, that these shapeless enemies have enemies in the knights of God, that there is something in the universe more mystical than darkness, and stronger than strong fear.

Memories of Heaven by very young children (HuffPost)

Psalm 32:7 - Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.

Childhood experiences affecting adulthood - Learning-mind.com

Episode 13: Unlucky Number 13 =( Jan 08, 2019

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Episode 12: Reading of Ch 5 - Parents as Inspirers: The Things of the Spirit Dec 30, 2018

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Chapter 5 - Parents as Inspirers: The Things of the Spirit

Parents, revealers of God to their children - They have to fortify them against doubt - Three ways - The first, unfair - 'Evidences' are not proofs - The outlook upon current thought - 'Freewill' in thought - Preparation - Reservation as regards science - Knowledge is progressive - Children should learn some laws of thought - To look at thoughts as they come - The appeal of the children - 'My hiding-place' - The mind of the child is good ground - Children suffer from a deep-seated discontent

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Episode 11: Discussion of Ch 4, Part 2 Dec 26, 2018

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This is Part 2 of the discussion of Chapter 4. We jump right in where we left off in the last episode, so if you haven't listened to episode 10 yet, you should do so now so you aren't lost and confused.

Per usual, but we're blaming the holiday maddness that is currently sweeping through our family, show notes will be released in the near(ish) future.

Episode 9: Reading of Ch 4 - Parents as Inspirers: The Life of the Mind grows upon Ideas Dec 19, 2018

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Chapter 4 - Parents as Inspirers: The Life of the Mind Grows upon Ideas

Summary of preceding chapter – Educational conceptions of the past – Pestalozzi's theory – Froebel's theory – The kindergarten a vital conception – But science is changing front – Is education formative? - The individual not at the mercy of empiries – 'Education' an inadequate word - 'Bringing-up' - An adequate definition – Method a way to an end – The life of the mind grows upon ideas – What is an idea? – Rise and progress of an idea – Genesis of an idea – An idea may exist as an appetency – A child draws inspiration from the casual life around him – Order and progress of definite ideas – Platonic doctrine of ideas – Ideas, alone, matter in education – How the educational formula should run – The ‘infallible reason’ – What is it?

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Episode 8: Discussion of Ch 3 Dec 16, 2018

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Adolf Monod (wiki)

French clergyman

Charlotte Mason's works in Modern English - Parents & Children ch 3

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - Declaration of Independence

Timeline of scientific discoveries in the 1800's (wiki)

Pandora's Box (wiki)

Dr. Henry Maudsley (wiki)

Intersectionality & identity politics

Nature / Nurture (Simply Psychology)

Los Alamos (wiki)

Academic early learning -