SS #14: Reading Pagan Literature with Highly Resistant Children (with Wes Callihan)

Brandy’s guest today is the one and only Wes Callihan and she is thrilled! If you can believe it, she got through the entire interview without acting like a total fan girl. Wes and Brandy discuss why some children (the hypothetical Boy A and Girl B) are resistant to pagan literature and what to do about it. Two types of resistance prove we need two types of responses! We also get to find out what Wes is reading in his free time, and what advice he’d give to parents whose children are signing up for online classes.

 

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Show Notes:

• Scholé RDA:
  • Wes:
    • Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
    • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (also mentioned)
    • Rod Drehrer
    • Eric Metaxes
    • Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
  • Brandy:
    • Deeper Podcast

 

• Topical Discussion: Reading Pagan Literature with Highly Resistant Children
  • John Milton: Classical Learning and the Progress of Virtue by Grant Horner
  • Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
  • Shop Craft as Soul Craft by Matthew Crawford
  • The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
  • Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Eusebius
  • Augustine’s Confessions
  • Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
  • Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  • Fairy Tales
  • The Little Red Hen
  • Mother Goose
  • Beatrix Potter

 

• Nitty Gritty Homeschool Question
  • Schola Classical Tutorials
  • Hill Abbey Hall

 

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