Rethinking the Strong-Willed Child
If you’re exhausted from raising a strong-willed child, you’ve heard the reassuring words: “She’ll resist peer pressure!” and “He’s a born leader!” These ideas offer comfort—but what if they prove false? Charlotte Mason understood the defiant child doesn’t have a strong will at all but a weak one, dominated by emotions and impulses. As a mom of five sons, some who “qualified” as “strong-willed,” this insight changed everything. Discover the truth popular teaching has gotten wrong and come away with hope and practical methods aligned with Scripture.
Stephanie Smith’s life has been dominated by grocery lists and lesson plans for over two decades as she raised and educated five sons. She led the start-up of a K-12 homeschool cooperative and served on the founding board and as an instructor of a private Christian school. Today she is a national speaker and author with a passion for building spiritually strong, emotionally healthy, and relationally smart generations. Readers and audiences love her authentic, engaging style and significant (but never stuffy) content. She shares cutting-edge research on human development, insights about human dynamics—what makes people tick—alongside powerful scriptural truths. Stephanie loves equipping parents with the principles and practices to raise children fully engaged in God’s grand story!
