CMP Review 2025-06-05

June 5, 2025

On Sunday a baby shower was held for my daughter who is expecting her first child later this month. It is an exciting time as we wait for the new arrival and I anticipate becoming a grandfather.

At the shower, the centerpiece of each table was a small stack of books crowned with a flower. The top book in almost every stack was one of Charlotte Mason’s volumes, one of the “pinks” that have played such a huge role in my family’s life.

I have spoken and written about Mason’s method for about 20 years. I have advocated it, explained it, and defended it in every way I know how. But there is a case for Charlotte Mason more eloquent than anything I have ever been able to put into words.

From day one we raised and taught our daughter to the best of our ability according to Miss Mason’s ideas. Now that she is grown and ready to be a mother, one thing she knows for sure. She is reading the pink volumes so she can educate her child the Charlotte Mason way. How many of us can say that we want to teach our children the way we were taught?

My daughter knows we chose Charlotte Mason for the children’s sake. That’s why she’s making the same choice.

@artmiddlekauff