Day 27 Brought Up

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                                           (see also Brotherhood of Man)

“It is hardly possible to overestimate the force of this league of educated parents (P.N.E.U.) When we think of the part that the children being brought up under these influences will one day play in the leading and ruling of the land, we are solemnised with the sense of a great responsibility, and it behooves us to put to ourselves, once again, the two searching queries by which every movement should from time to time be adjudged––Whence? and Whither?”

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“Children should be Brought up to Live for All (People)––Studying reverently these signs of the times (i.e. observant of the “Greathearts” who understand that “the other is, part and lot, indissolubly bound up with ourselves”), what indications do we find for our guidance in the bringing up of children? The tender sympathy of the child must be allowed to flow in ways of help and kindness towards all life that anyway touches his.”
 
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“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”                                                 

                                                  ~  Alexander Den Heijer 
 
 
Examen: How can I shelter and nurture the “tender sympathy” in our classroom?  Am I aware of my circumstances and times as “graciously and mercifully ordered?”

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It is hardly possible: Charlotte M. Mason, Parents and Children, 2:249.
Children should be: 2:266.
When a flower doesn’t: “Alexander den Heijer - quotes,” purposologist, accessed June 18, 2024, https://www.alexanderdenheijer.com/quotes.

​Day 27 Brought Up meditation/100 Days copyright Laurie Bestvater 2025