Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. We're continuing our series

on habit questions and answers, and the two questions we're discussing today have to do with

the parents' habits rather than the child's. The first question is, how does the character of the

parent impact the habit formation at home? The character or character of the parent impact the habit formation at home?

The character or habits of the parent have a huge impact on habit training in the home.

Many of the habits that Charlotte talked about are ones that she felt the children would

catch or pick up just from living in the atmosphere of your home.

The whole group of habitudes, half physical and half moral, on which the propriety and

comfort of everyday life depend, are received passively by the child.

That is, he does very little to form these habits himself, but his brain receives impressions from what

he sees about him. And these impressions take form as his own very strongest and most lasting

habits. Cleanliness, order, neatness, regularity, punctuality are all branches of infant education. They should be about

the child like the air he breathes, and he will take them in as unconsciously. Home Education

pages 124 and 125. Remember, the process of educating your child involves, yes, the discipline of good habits,

actively training in those good habits, but also the atmosphere of your home. The two work together.

And the atmosphere of your home is made up of the ideas and habits that rule your life

as the parent. Sometimes it's easy to think of the atmosphere of your home as some kind of static,

passive, cloudy thing that's just there. But the atmosphere of your home is very active.

It is intertwined with everything you say and do.

Think of it this way.

How you go about habit training is as important as the habits themselves.

The ideas that rule your thoughts and actions as you are habit training will have just

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