We write and speak often at Educational Renaissance about the importance of cultivating good habits (you can listen to our podcast on habit training here). Habits are, as Charlotte Mason put it, the railways of the good life (Home Education, p. 101). A person with good habits experiences a life of ease, while a person missing such habits often finds life burdensome and difficult. By “ease” I don’t mean easy, of course. I mean smooth, orderly, peaceful, and effective. For example, the habit of timeliness is indispensable for a life of ease. Imagine how difficult life is for the person
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