Tracey

“We can’t learn for a child. We are not to think for him. And we are not to rob him of any opportunity that he has to put his own real effort, personal power, into moral action,”
― Anne E. White, Minds More Awake: The Vision of Charlotte Mason

“do I really want for myself in the long term?” helps us shift our focus from our immediate, near-term desires to a more profound consideration of who we want to be: “What kind of person do I want to be?” “How do I want to treat others?” “How do I need”
― Kerry Patterson, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“Have you thought it through yourself or are you accepting the messages that are flying around?”
― Pam Laricchia, Free to Learn: Five Ideas for a Joyful Unschooling Life