The Filipino Parent's Review

012: Know My Name - Chanel Miller

Welcome back to the pod! ☺  Angel and Jumie are back to talk about books, movies, TV shows, and some more books... with a few changes to the format.  In this episode, they talk about Chanel Miller's memoir, "Know My Name," and share with us their thoughts and reflections as mothers raising young boys in today's society.  Warning: Spoilers ahead. Proceed with caution.

011: In Which We Talk About Our Journey to CM and Education is an Atmosphere

This is quite a packed episode as we talk about our why's in homeschooling to try to give context to the things we share and the decisions we have made in our individual journeys leading to our Charlotte Mason story. We also discuss a bit about how we try to educate and equip ourselves, staying informed about different homeschool providers, and our process in choosing books and curriculum.  We end the episode with a gentle reminder that "education is an atmosphere" and how we are part of that atmosphere.  We would love to hear from you! Connect with us at: https://www.instagram.com/thefilipinoparentsreview/  **Read our blog** https://thefilipinoparentsreview.com/ **Wall of Quotes** As I read her descriptions of that wide syllabus, I realized that the food needed by my children was knowledge--not a haphazard accumulation of any knowledge that interested them, but a disciplined, well-planned intake of "the enormous field of knowledge to which a child ought to be introduced in right of his human nature. -Colleen Manning, https://www.amblesideonline.org/LivingBks.shtml  Will children have gaps in their learning? Yes. There isn't a way to teach our children everything about everything. The public schools can't do it and neither can we, which is why it is so important for parents to pay attention to their kids' curiosities. -Durenda Wilson, The Unhurried Homeschooler  The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education -- but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him? -Charlotte Mason

010: The Classics and Cancel Culture, CM Lessons, Time for Rest

After a month of hiatus, we are finally back to talk about books, Charlotte Mason, and life in general. ***Books, TV, Movie, Song, Anything Review*** We discuss the soon-to-be movie feature (but no dates yet!) The Midnight Library and Alan Jacobs' Breaking Bread with the Dead. We shared how these books made us feel and think about how they both apply to our lives at present time. ***Book Club Discussion #TFPR_HomeEducation*** We talk about our key takeaways Part V - Lessons as Instrument of Education and gave listeners a bit of a hint about what the next episode is going to be about. ***Mama Me-Time Plans*** Rest is vital and he we share our mama me-time plans for the weekend, making ourselves accountable to make time specifically for ourselves. **We would love to hear from you! Connect with us at:** https://www.instagram.com/thefilipinoparentsreview/ **Read our blog:** https://thefilipinoparentsreview.com/ **Wall of Quotes** "You don't have to understand life. You just have to live it." -Matt Haig, *The Midnight Library* "The way that you expand your Now is not by treating the distant past as though it were present; rather, your task is to see it in its difference as well as in its likeness to your own moment." -Alan Jacobs, *Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind* "There are many wonderful things about books, but among the most wonderful things is that you can lose them when you need to. It’s like being able to quit someone’s table instantaneously... it might actually be a good reason not to." -Alan Jacobs, *Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind* "It isn’t the writer who’s the time traveler. It’s the reader. The author is not a guest at our table, we are a guest at hers." -Alan Jacobs, *Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind* "Wisdom lies in discernment." -Alan Jacobs, *Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind* "She was speaking to her country, her culture, and her time... she was speaking to the wordy Victorians and their successors, the Edwardians... to British parents who lived over hundred years ago... Does that make her principles unusable for us? Not at all. Principles do not change... Principles remain constant." -Karen Glass, *In Vital Harmony* "It is the very nature of an idea to grow." -Charlotte Mason, *Home Education* "We live in an age of pedagogy" -Charlotte Mason, *Home Education* "Why must the children learn at all? What should they learn? How should they learn it?" -Charlotte Mason, *Home Education* "Narrating is an art, like poetry-making or painting, because it is there, in every child's minds, waiting to be discovered, and is not the result of any process of disciplinary education." -Charlotte Mason, *Home Education* "Allowing each child to digest and narrate knowledge for herself is part and parcel of a larger philosophy that underpins the use of narration as an educational practice: a philosophy that sees each child as a person with a hungry mind that needs to be fed in order to grow, not a vessel to be filled." -Karen Glass, *Know and Tell: The Art of Narration* **TFPR Booklist** Home Education, Charlotte Mason - https://amzn.to/3om8D85 The Midnight Library: A Novel, Matt Haig - https://amzn.to/3suG6i4 When Breath Becomes Air by: Paul Kalanithi - https://amzn.to/399RKY0 Breaking Bread with the Dead, Alan Jacobs - https://amzn.to/3pY4QOE In Vital Harmony, Karen Glass  Know and Tell: The Art of Narration, Karen Glass https://amzn.to/3e7V3kL

009: Medical Dramas, Synthetic Knowledge, Obedience, #3bookstack

In this episode, we share why we took a short break from the podcast and talked about a myriad of topics yet again. ***Books, TV, Movie, Song, Anything Review*** We shared our love for medical drama and theorized why the "new" and popular Netflix medical drama is not working for us. We talked about the show Parenthood and why we believe it is a must-see for all parents out there.  ***Book Club Discussion #TFPR_HomeEducation*** We finished reading Part IV: Some Habits of Mind - Some Moral Habits with the TFPR Book Club and here we share our key takeaways. We talk about thinking as a real conscious effort of mind, finding connections everywhere, touched on living books, and tried to go into more depth about obedience. ***Mama Me-Time Plans*** We talk about our #3bookstack for the week so expect a number of book titles. Angel is decluttering and will be selling some of their books and toys so check that out!   **We would love to hear from you! Connect with us at:** [https://www.instagram.com/thefilipinoparentsreview/](https://www.instagram.com/thefilipinoparentsreview/) **Read our blog:** [https://thefilipinoparentsreview.com/](https://thefilipinoparentsreview.com/) **Wall of Quotes** "This is the sort of thing that the children should go through, more or less, in every lesson—a tracing of effect from cause, or of cause from effect; a comparing of things to find out wherein they are alike, and wherein they differ; a conclusion as to causes or consequences from certain premises."  -Charlotte Mason, *Home Education* "Later, when the child is old enough, take him into confidence. Let him know that it's a noble thing to be able to make yourself do in a minute the thing that you don't feel like doing. To train a habit of obedience, the mother must be very careful never to give a command that she doesn't intend to enforce. At the same time, she must not burden her children with the tedious weight of one command after another." -Charlotte Mason, *Home Education* "There is no need to rate the child, or threaten him, or use any manner of violence, because the parent is invested with authority which the child intuitively recognises." -Charlotte Mason, *Home Education* "it’s not all about constant and unquestioning obedience; at least, not when that training later hinders us from acting with intelligence and courage. that, like seed without deep roots, unthinking or fear-based good conduct does not enable us to make real choices. If home or school has felt like a prison, full of arbitrary rules, without happiness or freedom, that makes it even worse. We want to escape, but in the meantime we learn not to care too much about anything. Bitter and rebellious attitudes are not the fruit of a strong character tree." -Anne E. White, *Minds More Awake: The Vision of Charlotte Mason* **TFPR Booklist**   Know and Tell: The Art of Narration by Karen Glass (https://amzn.to/3e7V3kL)  The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig (https://amzn.to/3suG6i4) Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) (https://amzn.to/3doF0jr) Charlotte Mason's Home Education (Home Education Series) - (https://amzn.to/2QsNXiP)  The Authenticity Project: A Novel (https://amzn.to/3dl3p9E) Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind by Alan Jacobs (https://amzn.to/2QbUZZf) Liberating Motherhood: Birthing the Purplestockings Movement (https://amzn.to/3mT9gpH)  The Rosie Project: A Novel by Graeme Simsion (https://amzn.to/2Q7IH4e) The Rosie Effect: A Novel (https://amzn.to/3e9p5EK)  The Rosie Result (Don Tillman Series, 3) (https://amzn.to/3sm0AcI)

008: In Which We Answered Some of Your Questions

This episode, we take a break from usual as we try to answer questions we received.  Angel shares some useful tips on how to make reading a habit (hint: your partner's support makes a lot of difference) as Jumie shares a typical day in their life and the pockets of time she gets to read. Both also agree that less social media equals more time for books. We responded to some homeschool-related questions particularly how we started (though it's really difficult to identify where the starting point is because we now believe that it is true what they say—you homeschool from birth!), if we follow a curriculum, if you really need a provider, and how planning ahead helps them keep their sanity. And of course, we also share book titles for early years that we and our kids enjoy.  If you liked any of the things we discussed and recommend here, let us know on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thefilipinoparentsreview/) and please use the hashtag #TFPRecommends