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A Crisis in Creativity

This one’s gonna blow your minds, so buckle your seatbelt…your lap belt and your overhead bar.

I was asked to present at our local networking meeting last month, so I started diving into an article that I had found while doing some research a few month’s back, because the article name peaked my interest…”The Creativity Crisis,” making a strong case that creativity is in sharp decline across America.

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Prodding vs. Modeling

One fun fact about me: I had the privilege of my parents homeschooling me through the Charlotte Mason method.

Charlotte Mason was an educator in the 1800s, and was a proponent in teaching the will of the child, rather than solely content. Raising a child to value character, how to think and being consistent with the child’s character development was an active part of her writings.

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