Authority and Obedience | Principle #3

Charlotte Mason Motherhood

In today's episode I'm introducing the third principle of Charlotte Mason's Twenty Principles. The Twenty Principles are the basis for her educational philosophy. Without these, we can't apply the method. The second principle is "The principles of authority on the one hand, and of obedience on the other, are natural, necessary and fundamental.”. Today we discuss what this principle means, and how we can apply it in our own homes.

See the Show Notes for This Episode

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Commonplace Quotes:

“And this is love: that we walk in obedience to His commands…” 2 John 1:6 (NIV).

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“The sense of must should be present with children; our mistake is to act in such a way that they only seem to be law-compelled while their elders do as they please” (A Philosophy of Education, p. 73).

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“...see that he too must do the things he ought; and therefore that regulations are not made for his convenience. (I am assuming that everyone entrusted with the bringing up of children recognises the supreme Authority to Whom we are subject. Without this recognition I do not see how it is possible to establish the nice relation which should exist between teacher and taught). (A Philosophy of Education, p. 73)

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“Our chief concern for the mind or for the body is to supply a well-ordered table with abundant, appetising, nourishing, and varied food, which children deal with in their own way and for themselves” (A Philosophy of Education, p. 71-72).

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“Our part is to regard attention, too as an appetite and to feed it with the best we have in books and in all knowledge" (A Philosophy of Education).

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“Educated mothers know that their children can read anything and do not offer explanations unless they are asked for them” (A Philosophy of Education).

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Further Education:

Home Education by Charlotte Mason

A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason

For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Article written by a former headmistress of a P.N.E.U. school in 1961 on Obedience

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