“Children who are sustained on the best in music, reading and art will develop a genuineness of instinct, assurity of spiritual ear which will be invaluable throughout their lives. They learn not to be fooled by cheapness and they will never forget the images of purity, chivalry, integrity and beauty they gained from reading and listening to the very best of what the human heart and mind have to offer. When their souls are well-formed, they will be able to withstand many of the delusions and shallow mockeries which will await them in the world.”
-The Nuns of St. Xenia Skete
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August 3, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Margaret
I completely agree! I’m sure the fact that I read good children’s literature – George MacDonald, CS Lewis, wholesome adventure stories, etc – as a child set me in good stead for adulthood for, as the Sisters say, recognising both honour and mockeries. I think of the best things about educating your children yourself will be enabling them to read a wide spectrum of literature they’d never see in a public school.
August 3, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Jen Juliana
True. Sadly, even in private Christian schools, children are not exposed to good literature!
August 3, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Elizabeth
beautiful quotation! Thank you for your kind comment on my blog
August 3, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Jamie
Great quote, and I could give countless examples of the truth of it from my own homeschooling experience.
Sadly, so-called Christian schools (and homeschool curriculums, beware!) sometimes concentrate too much on “Bible teaching” (from an “easy” translation, of course) and other literature considered too secular is unavailable. It’s like literary xenophobia.
Thanks for the quote!
August 5, 2010 at 5:36 pm
markbyrd
May GOD Bless!!! Mark
August 11, 2010 at 11:45 am
Jen Juliana
You’re welcome, Jamie! I have already waded through some lousy curriculum, like what you describe.
Thank you markbyrd.