Amy Hughes is a Charlotte Mason unschooling mama of 9 beautiful and unique children who makes her home on the central coast of California. Amy is a regular contributor to Wild + Free and 1000 Hours Outside, a highly sought after homeschool conference speaker, and a parenting coach. Her new book is called Words Like Honey: How to Avoid Unintentional Harm, Model Kindness, and Nurture Your Child’s Faith Through What You Say.
In this episode, Amy shares the heart behind her book and invites us to be more intentional in the way we speak to our children by pausing to consider the impact our words have on our children’s emotional and spiritual development and replacing careless words that cause harm with words that comfort, heal, and build our children up.
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Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
- For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
- Learn more about Charlotte Mason homeschooling
- Learn more about unschooling
- Request a homeschool catalog from Christianbook
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If you enjoyed this conversation with Amy, here are some other episodes of the Homeschool Compass Podcast you might enjoy:
- Episode 50: Nurturing the Inner Life with Tales of Boldness and Faith with Leah Boden
- Episode 43: The Joy of Slow by Leslie Martino
- Episode 27: Life-Giving Motherhood with Min Hwang
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