The "Nine Tenths Rejection Rule" of Parenting

06/07/2025 15 min
The "Nine Tenths Rejection Rule" of Parenting

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“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.