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Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Cassandra and Sanity

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If you know the sad, sad story of Cassandra, you will know that she was a prophet, but was cursed so that no one believed her.

In 2009, I told friends that this president would start a war on purpose in order to finally make America into a complete socialist state, no longer a republic, but one far from the brilliant writers of the Constitution. I said he would make America into a pagan nation, destroy free speech and freedom of religion out of his hatred for the Truth. I sad he wanted a tyranny joined to one, world government. That was more than four years ago. A short time in history but long enough to have had time to stop the now inevitable....

I am not writing this to say I told you so, but to grieve that people voted him in again, after I warned people about him in 2007 before the first election. I wrote tons on this man and his background for months and months-2007-2009.

Dr. Sanity stopped writing after this last presidential election. Perhaps she has more sense than I do. She is a genius and I am not. I wrote about her here

Etheldredasplace: Wow, where is Dr Sanity when we need her?

09 Feb 2013

http://greatcatholichomilies.com/2013/02/sorry-world-%E2%80%94-narcissism-is-not-a-virtue-but-humility-is/ I have written a lot about narcissism here and in my previous blog. I missed this fact. Read this and more at the ...

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Etheldredasplace: Dr. Sanity Gives Us a Heads-Up on This Video

27 Jun 2012

I do not think there is freedom of the press in America anymore, because of Marxist ideology...and neither does Bill Whittle on this video. Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook ...

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Etheldredasplace: Check Out the Brilliant Dr. Sanity

26 Jun 2012

Dr. Sanity is brilliant this week. She should add the LWCR to her list. http://drsanity.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/victimhood-unknown-ideal.html. And, a small concern. Why do not Catholics of a certain age not read any current ...

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Joseph Curl on yesterday's decision and Dr. Sanity's brilliant note

29 Jun 2012

And, in the WT, another person, Joseph Curl, who has extensive experience in political watching seems positive as not only to the interpretation of tax, but that the decision helps, rather than hinders, the possibility of Romney ...

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Etheldredasplace: Check out Dr. Sanity--the genius of bloggers

13 Apr 2012

People with this malignantly narcissistic defect completely reject the needs of the individual and enslave him or her to the service of their IDEAL. Eventually, the enslavement--whether religious or secular--snuffs out human ...

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Etheldredasplace: My online mentor...who keeps me sane about the ...

06 Jan 2012

Several journalists today have finally seen the true political bias of the present administration in the US as tyrannical. LOL. Sorry, but this was obvious to many of us in the run-up to the 2008 election. The best blog on my ...

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Etheldredasplace: Sanity and Insanity

20 Feb 2012

Dr Sanity, who is the genius blogger, has written on Santorum and BLT today, with a great cartoon. Check this out. And, as I am weary of repeating what I have written on this blog and my former blog against BLT, here is my ...

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Etheldredasplace: The Deceit is Becoming Obvious--

31 Mar 2012

Finally, someone else besides Dr. Sanity, myself and a few others online, are beginning to recognize the deceit of POTUS. That the Wall Street Journal condemns the insider, narcissistic president as out of touch with the ...

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Etheldredasplace: Perfection Part Two-Metanoia First

30 Jan 2012

The entitlement culture, which is obvious and much discussed on this blog and others, (see Dr. Sanity's excellent article on dependency), creates an atmosphere in the Church where some of the laity think they are entitled to ...

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Etheldredasplace: ekathimerini.com and Europe This Morning

14 May 2012

After seeing Dr. Sanity's post about him, I spent some time this weekend watching videos of him on Youtube. I have to say I found it very bracing, in this age of mealy-mouthed political correctness, to see him tell the Eurocrats ...

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Etheldredasplace: On No Safe Havens. Or, How to Live in ...

18 Jul 2013

My favorite blogger, Dr. Sanity, gave up the blogging fight, as she is smarter than I am. I have many photos and drawings of ostriches on my blog. Do not be an ostrich, even the mythical one which puts its head in the sand.

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Etheldredasplace: Thoughts on Blogging and Silence

12 Jun 2013

My all-time favorite blogger and mentor in many areas was Dr. Sanity. Sadly, she stopped blogging after the November, 2012 American presidential election. I understood why she decided to stop blogging, but I was bereft of ...

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Etheldredasplace: Read this, please

11 Mar 2012

... not read any other blog in America except the great Fr. Z's, may I again suggest a look at Dr. Sanity. Check this out for style and brilliance. http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2012/03/obamas-duplicitous-stance-toward-israel.html.

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But, I am a Cassandra, not one wanting to say the future will be one, world government with tyrannies suppressing the great enemy of deceit-the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church.

If America goes into war, I can say I told you so, but not with any false pride or joy.

So Jeremiah told the Israelites not to listen to false prophets, nor to trust the Assyrians. He told them to repent of idolatry.

I have not heard one bishop's conference ask for a turning away from idolatry. The coming day of fasting and prayer called by the Pope is a beginning, only.

I have been mentally prepared for chaos in Europe and catastrophe in America and have tried since 2007 to warn people about the coming great trial of the People of God.

I can do no more.

The Evil of Deception at The Highest Levels

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http://rt.com/usa/senate-foreign-committee-syria-strike-420/

If you are not following RT, start now. Do you think you will get honest news from the American main stream media?

Nun reports on Syrian rebels storming Christian village

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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/09/04/Syria-rebels-attack-regime-held-Christian-village

The nun said the rebels had taken over the Safir hotel atop a mountain overlooking the village and where shelling from there. "It's a war. It has been going from 6 a.m. in the morning," she said from her convent.

The said the convent houses 13 nuns and 27 orphans. She said around 80 people from the village had come to the convent for safety.

more on the link

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American Citizens...pay attention

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France24 is saying a vote for going into Syria will happen as early as Monday in the States. Call your Senators and Representatives now. Say NO.

The United States could be making a huge mistake leading to WWIII.

A Note to American Parents from Europe

Posted by Supertradmum

I was a teen and in college when the VietNam war was raging. One of my brothers failed the physical, or he would have been drafted. He has very bad eyes from birth.

The draft meant that all young men had to be considered for war duty between the ages of 18-25. This post is not on the value or reasons for that war. The present generations do not understand all the evils and this is not the place to discuss those.

I want to prepare Catholic parents for the possibility of seeing their young men sent off to wars which are not our wars.

Some wars are "our wars". If we are attacked, as at Pearl Habour, that was a war which demanded our involvement. The take over of Europe in WWII was "our war", but not WWI. One can make distinctions.

However, the problem is not the wars but whether your children are prepared for their possible involvement.

Have you trained your children in the virtues?

Are they courageous, strong minded and truthful?

Are they clear on how to make moral judgements?

Do your children love the Church and Christ enough to die for Her, Him?

Some soldiers who are sent abroad will be killed not because they represent the West, but because they represent Christianity.

The Church has also had a small, but real strain of passive resistance when dealing with unjust wars.

Do your children understand the difference between unjust and just wars?

Do they understand the real Crusades and not modern, revisionist history?

Passive resistance is not merely something which applies to one war. It is a way of life, as in the Amish communities. If one pursues that route, one must be brutally honest about one's self. One cannot be hypocritical about passive resistance.

Would one defend his or her family against aggression?

And so on

Also prepare your children by studying the great minds of the Church on war. St. Thomas Aquinas is the best. Sadly, we are woefully lacking in moral theologians in our time. Woefully.

Think, pray, reflect, act.

I was against the Iraq War even before it started. I almost lost a job in a Catholic institution for this stand. I was called on to defend my position in front of members of the administration. They could not argue with Aquinas on preemptive strikes, although we continued to agree to disagree. I have been against all involvement in the Middle East unless we are directly attacked.

In my old blog, I wrote that preemptive wars are unjust, not merited, morally wrong.

America getting involved in other people's civil wars, or tribal wars, or sectarian wars, is unjust.

The West needs to face gross hypocrisy concerning involvement in the Middle East. There can be only one reason why the administration feels a need to get involved.

I am also pro-Israel, but only a just war supporter.

BTW, I predicted in 2009 that this current president would call a draft for some reason. He is pro-draft.

Make sure you and your children are not knee-jerk supporters of policies. Make sure they think like Catholics.

Repeat from many weeks ago...no safe havens

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Death of St. Margaret Clitherow and Baby in Womb

http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.ie/2013/07/on-no-safe-havensor-how-to-live-in.html

Worth Reading As Are Some of The Comments

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http://te-deum.blogspot.ie/2013/09/catholic-virtual-wars-strident-catholics.html

http://te-deum.blogspot.ie/2013/08/the-catholic-virtual-wars-time-for.html

http://te-deum.blogspot.ie/2013/09/catholic-virtual-wars-03-messy-catholics.html

And, two of mine you may have missed

http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.ie/2013/08/catholics-as-sowers-of-discord.html

http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.ie/2013/09/some-of-us-just-cant.html?showComment=1378237268773

A lone voice of reason, always

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http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/no-syrian-war-to-save-obamas-face/

Accepting Suffering and St. Catherine of Siena

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So many of my friends are suffering. The list is getting longer and longer for intercessory prayer. I can hardly keep up with all the requests.

I myself am trying to pray while ill. Some think that times of illness are great for prayer. Quite the contrary. One cannot concentrate or meditate. One can only try and rest in God.

Illness destroys sleep patterns and eating habits. One does not know what to expect next if the symptoms are new and odd.

One of the common themes in St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila is that of accepting suffering.

One cannot choose the way it comes to one. God does that. When I came to Ireland almost two months ago, I was coming out of a convent experience and a bit of post-monastery transition. My time in Kent was marked by the suffering in my health I had incurred in the hard scheduling and work in the monastery-serious sciatic. Happily, for a month I felt great. Then, smack-down, another problem of health occurred and has plagued me for several weeks.

What does this all mean? Why should one even makes sense of suffering? Two of my best friends here are very ill. In both cases, we cannot even manage to visit each other and we love each other dearly. Such is suffering. The denial of consolations...

So many things I wanted to see and do here have been set aside because I simply cannot do or see these things. Two of my friends and I have set up lunches, dinners, and had to cancel meetings over and over. We have taken turns cancelling.

Being a stranger in a strange land is a suffering when one is denied one's friends. Being poor in a strange land complicates life, or simplifies it depending on one's view point.

Even the greatest saints were not allowed much freedom of movement. Poor Padre Pio and John of the Cross were actually imprisoned, not allowed to be in public, or say Mass publicly.

St. Catherine of Siena barely had energy to walk to Mass towards the end of her short life.

Some seculars look askance at Catholics and our tradition of canonizing people they see as masochistic minded. One cannot explain to the non-believer the absolute necessity of suffering.

God reminds us that He is All we need. He squeezes us into small holes in order to show us our great need for Him alone.

Nada...in the nothing we find God and He finds us.

"I don't care!"

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"What would you like to eat?"

"I don't care!"

"Some lovely cream of wheat?"

"I don't care!"

Don't sit backwards on your chair."

"I don't care!"

"Or pour syrup on your hair."

"I don't care!"

When my son was little, one of his favourite stories was from a teeny-tiny book series in a teeny-tiny box sleeve, called, The Nutshell Library, with Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One was Johnny, and Pierre.

The story was Pierre, about a naughty, rude and bored boy who finds out how to care after he meets a hungry lion. It was labelled as a Cautionary Tale.

Now, there are many types of people who say "I don't care":
cynics, bored people, disobedient, rude children, selfish-centered ones, and so on.

The problem is that more and more people are beginning to sound like Pierre saying, "I don't care." What is this? Depression? Apathy?

I have even met priests in the past several years, who when one points out a serious problem affecting people in the parish, such would reply "I don't care." That would be the ostrich approach to solving problems, of course.

But, of late, it is the older people from whom I am hearing "I don't care" which is really sad. Old people, even older than I am, have wisdom and grace and all kinds of good things to give. When they fall into cynicism or apathy, or weariness, the entire community loses continuity.

The spoiled brats of today may turn into some good people, after a few knocks in the world, or epiphanies. But, when older people fall into this mind-set, one worries, will they ever get out of this cynicism or apathy before they die?

To face meeting the Maker with an I don't care attitude would not be a sign of predilection.

"I care!"

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

August 24th to September 3rd-long wake up time...

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Limbaugh’s skepticism of the White House narrative regarding the chemical weapons attack in Syria adds to the growing list of people who believe the attack to be a staged false flag event.

Talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh joins a long list of credible experts, who see evidence that the Obama administration helped staged the chemical weapons attack with in Syria with Al-Qaeda to frame the Assad regime.

This list now includes Pat Buchanan, Ron Paul, Rand Paul and Jerome Corsi.

http://www.infowars.com/rush-limbaugh-suspects-obama-conspired-with-al-qaeda-to-frame-bashar-al-assad/

And Lynda and Supertradmum, who said this before all of those above--duh. Is it because we are sitting in Europe that we can see things more clearly than the Americans? Is it that we get real news, or what....?

http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.ie/2013/08/it-is-possible-rebels-used-gas-on-their.html?showComment=1377377271134#c5075185462424255064

I hope you did not miss this on the Zionist Duck

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I am having a down day....

Special Ops Ducks in Semi-Desert Exercises Before US Budget Cuts: Note Sentinel Duck

http://www.a5og.net/random-room/30141-military-squirrel-2.html

Too many squirrel casualties?

Zionist Duck Egg Production in A Secret Location...

Wonder how it tastes with orange sauce?

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/09/egypt-arrests-zionist-spy-duck.html

Zionist Ducks in Training on A Secret Farm in.....

Zionist Ducks Learning Camouflage Techniques

Zionist Ducks on Maneuvers in A Secret Location-Not Desert Terrain

They ran out of squirrels, I guess...sad.

http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=22515

"Invisible Grief" from LifeSiteNews

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/03/abortions-invisible-grief-surfaces-with-nationwide-gravesite-ceremonies/

Prayers, please

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I am ill today again and may even miss Mass, which is the minimum I do daily. Please pray for me. I apologize to R, P, A, M, and M and will visit the shrines when I can...

Thanks, supertradmum

This cannot be ignored...at our doorsteps

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/09/islamophobia-breaks-out-at-bbc-special-uncovers-the-hidden-scandal-of-sexual-grooming-of-young-sikh-.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23921570

Still not facing the truth...

Yes, yes, yes, yes and I and others have been saying this for months

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/09/syria-intervention-could-unleash-global-war-vatican-warns.html

http://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-says-ballistic-objects-fired-near-syria/ And why is the USA doing this?

Home Schooling Q and A One Answer Begun in Comments

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One can look at the comments on the last post in this series, but I shall continue answering a complicated question here. Remember I said that the two most common reasons for misbehaving as this age, outside a physical illness, would be that the child is bored from either not being stimulated enough or over stimulation with tv. computer, noise, too much parental running around. Obedience comes right about the age of two and a half to three.

This post will help with obedience. This is a continuation of a question and comment begun in comments on the last post on home schooling advice. First of all, this author has done a great job synthesizing Montessori on the will.

The will, as Montessori observed, is best divided into three parts.

The first part of the will occurs for the child before three years of age when the child is unable to ‘obey‘ unless what is asked corresponds to one of his/her vital urges. The child is not capable of making a decision to ‘obey.’

The second level of the will shows us that the child can obey when told to do something, and most of the time will in order to please the adult. Many teachers stopped here with ‘blind obedience’. But Montessori believes, we as Directresses, should take the will to the third level.

The third level of the will obedience has been internalized and the discipline has become self-discipline or self-guided. The child sees clearly the value of the obedience. This type of obedience is called ‘joyful obedience‘ by Maria Montessori. With this third level of the will also comes elf-respect and consequently respect for others.

The child then is free to develop within an environment of self-respecting individuals who build a community with one another.

http://amismontessoriexperience.blogspot.ie/2011/11/theory-paper-on-freedom-and-discipline.html

Check this paper out as well, although I have not read the whole thing, there are good sections.

http://pmswebsite.fatcow.com/teacherarticles/Prybylska,Normalization.pdf

And, as I posted before, here is an outline of deviancie, which must be corrected asasp. Here is the list of deviancies and why from here.

Dr. Montessori classified deviations in two categories: deliberate (adult-fostered) and non-deliberate (those not fostered by adults). Deliberate deviations are caused by the lack of purposeful activities in the home and/or school environment. These children feel the need to be constantly entertained. They are continually bouncing between toys, TV, and computer time to alleviate boredom, but nothing holds their interest for very long. These children may also have the tendency to cling to a parent or older sibling well beyond the developmental plane of letting go. This is because their independence has been denied and they are unable to recognize themselves as a separate person.

There are several deviations that are not fostered by adults and are often seen as "normal" stages of development. Dr. Montessori referred to these as deviations as fugues and barriers (The Secret of Childhood) and deviations that are demonstrated by the strong and the weak (The Absorbent Mind).

Fugues – A fugue is when a child "runs away" from a task. While they are never still, they lack purpose. They begin a work, leave it unfinished, and rush to another.
Barriers – A barrier is a deviation which is strong enough to keep a child from engaging in his surroundings. It may be disguised as disobedience or obstinacy. It manifests itself as dependence, possessiveness, power struggles, feelings of inferiority, fear, lying, and psychosomatic illness.
Strong – Being strong means being able to overcome obstacles. When children are not strong, they are prone to aggression, violence, rage, insubordination. They can be destructive and unable to concentrate. They are termed naughty, disobedient. Dr. Montessori observed that "They have difficulty in coordinating their hands. They are generally noisy, unkind, and often greedy at the table."
Weak – Children who are demonstrating a deviation in the weak give in to unfavorable conditions. They cry easily, are passive, manipulative, and easily bored. Rather than do something for themselves, they exert effort in trying to get others to do it for them. They are afraid of the world around them and cling to adults

So how is an adult to help a child overcome these deviations and help them along the path to normalization? Dr. Montessori stated that first the Montessori teacher must practice patience rather than anger. An adult who is impatient or angry cannot build confidence or independence in a child. She recommended interrupting the misbehavior because it is an obstacle to development, and to offer interesting and purposeful activities to re-channel that energy in a productive way. She believed the only way to re-direct misbehavior was to return to the work cycle. Once the child has returned to a state of normalcy, the adult must not interrupt while the child is focused and concentrating. By observing and protecting those moments, they will become more frequent and the child will not have to deviate as much. His energy will have found a new outlet in his work.

http://montessoritraining.blogspot.ie/2008/04/deviations-in-normalization-process.html#.UiW7TTasim5

Also read this and this if you want more help with deviancies and order in the home schooling classroom, or serious disobedience.

http://montessoritraining.blogspot.ca/2008/04/montessori-philosophy-normalization.html#.UiW8xzasim4

http://montessoritraining.blogspot.ca/2008/04/stages-of-normalization.html#.UiW89Tasim4

Home Schooling Advice Part 30 Q and A

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I want to use this last post in this series to answer questions. So please ask. Thanks for following. And here are some statistics for those who still have not decided....

Dr. Gary Knowles (1991) studied more than 1,000 Michigan adults who had been homeschooled.A full 94% said that homeschool helped prepare them to be independent persons, and 79% said that it helped them to interact with those from other levels of society.

Dr. Delahooke (1986) showed that homeschooled students are significantly less peer dependent.

Dr. Montgomery (1989) showed that homeschooled students are just as active in extracurricular activities that promote leadership as were privately-schooled students.

Andrews University in Michigan showed that the average home schooled student scored in the top third of the PIERS-HARRIS SELF CONCEPT SCALE, a standard test of social adjustment, and over half scored in the top 10 percent.

Thomas C. Smedley used The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale as a diagnostic tool to assess the competence and/or "mental age" of a subject.The mean Adaptive Behavior Composite score of 115.55 for the home schooled children puts them in the top 16%! In terms of the socialization subcategory score, the home schooled students rank in the top 27%.

http://www.homeschooling-family.com/homeschooling-and-socialization.html

And

Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. shared his study of adults who were home schooled in his book "Home Educated and Now Adults."

He interviewed 5,254 people who were home schooled for 7 or more years, ranging in age from 16-69 with 74% of them being age 18-24.
He got his data for the general U.S. population statistics from the National Opinion Research Center General Social Survey, filtering it by ages 16-29

http://lindyhomeschool.blogspot.ie/2012/08/why-would-anyone-homeschool.html

Home Schooling Advice Part 29: The Virtues and Sociability

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Moving to the fourth characteristic of the normalized child, one see that social qualities come naturally and the virtues are strengthened. A child learns confidence through her work, on her own, accomplishing all the things in the curriculum. That confidence breeds generosity and kindness. Very young children do not need a lot of sociability, especially if they have siblings. This is huge, deviant idea not based on the 40 years of research done by Montessori on the very young child. The child needs time to herself, for work and reflection, and even play. Go back to the earlier posts and the graphs on the sensitive periods.

The child who is respected in her love of learning, her time of concentration, and her self-discipline, will allow other children to do the same, recognizing their needs. Sociability comes naturally. Now, if a home schooling parent wants to bring their child to swimming class or exercise class to be with others, this does not have to be done until a later time. I had coffee mornings in my house and with a round robin plan so that all the mums took turns, and my son, who was being home schooled, would sometimes leave the group and go do his Montessori work. It was so cute and so predicable.

However, by age four and a half, socializing becomes a real need, or even at five, but really it is not necessary before that age.

The modern world is full of lies begun by the socialists and communists as what the child really needs. Their ideologies form deviant people who are only created to be sheep and not thinking members of a vibrant society. One reason why every Pope has condemned socialism since 1845 are the false teachings concerning the formation and respect of the individual. You can go to my other posts on that; but the over-socialization of the child creates deviancies and does not allow for the natural growth of the other three marks of the normalized child. In a big family, the toddler is well-socialized, and this newish idea that a toddler needs other toddlers is not based on research but ideology.

Most mothers want socialization themselves if they only have one or two children and they push this for their own needs, which can be very detrimental to the growth of the child. A parent knows by instinct when the child needs sociability. And the virtues are there because of the other three stages. This one builds on the other three.

(4) Sociability.

There is only one specimen of each object, and if a piece is in use when another child wants it, the latter—if he is normalized—will wait for it to be released. Important social qualities derive from this. The child comes to see that he must respect the work of others, not because someone has said he must, but because this is a reality that he meets in his daily experience.(The Absorbent Mind, p. 223).

And I add; virtues of kindness, generosity, patience, , mercy, humility, compassion, forgiveness, selflessness, justice, charity, forbearance, integrity, bravery, love, faith, hope.

I have witnessed rooms of children working separately quite happily, then stopping for songs or prayers, as in the schedule. Do not ignore the needs of your toddler because of the needs of the older children. That stage forms her for life.

To be continued....

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