Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. Habit training is easiest when we start when our children are little. It just makes sense, since habits are formed by repetition that the longer we can repeat a certain habit, the more ingrained it will become. But those of you with older children take heart.

I love this quote by Charlotte Mason. It is pleasant to know that even in mature life,

it is possible by a little persistent effort to acquire a desirable habit. Home Education,

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Don't give up hope on your older children or on yourself.

It's never too late to start learning good habits.

It will take effort, yes.

It will take persistence, yes.

But it is possible.

And today we want to answer a couple of questions about habit training with older children.

Check the show notes for a link to other habit training questions that we have already

discussed.

Here is the first one for today.

If the family just got to know Charlotte Mason and her philosophy of education, and there past the early

years.

You did say that it's never too late to start learning habits, but how can those lost times

be redeemed?

Where and how do we start?

The good news is that God made our brains to be able to form habits our entire lives.

With older children, one thing you need to think about is the role that triggers or cues

can play in the process.

Let me explain what I mean by trigger.

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