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Gospel Matrescence
Welcome to the Gospel Matrescence Podcast. Matressence - the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional transformation women go through when becoming a mother. This developmental stage of life is as powerful and irreversible as adolescence and yet few women have ever heard of it. Our communities have little to no rite of passage to celebrate or prepare for it. Here at Gospel Matrescence, we apply a Biblical worldview to the beautiful and sometimes painful metamorphosis of motherhood. Come, let's navigate motherhood together…
Gospel Matrescence
Episode #52 - The "Nine Tenths Rejection Rule" of Parenting
“Probably, he will reject nine-tenths of the ideas we offer… Our business is to supply him with due abundance and variety, and his to take what he needs.”
-Charlotte Mason
If you’re a mom like me, you’ve probably felt the sting of watching your child disregard your carefully chosen wisdom, your heart-felt encouragements, your earnest attempts to shape their character or tell them an interesting fact. But what if we looked at that through the lens Charlotte Mason offers us—not as failure, but as faithfulness?
In this episode, Andie discussed the "Nine Tenths Rejection Rule" as an encouragement to help us reshape the way we lead our children. Let this quote from Charlotte Mason lift a burden off your shoulders. You are not responsible for the harvest. You are simply called to be a faithful sower of ideas—trusting that God, in His time, will bring the growth.