6/3/2023 0 Comments Chivalry code cons![]() Finally, each chapter ends with a challenge to “throw down the gauntlet,” with practical goals and action steps for you to take on the journey. ![]() Then, Heather spends some time giving you practical examples of how to encourage and teach the character lesson in your day-to-day life. Every chapter begins with a knight story to illustrate how the code was lived out and to inspire our young men to do the same. The rest of Knights in Training takes each of the 10 “codes” and develops them for you. So while, you may find practical ways to live out these principles that are different than the author has chosen for her family, don’t let that discourage you from reading this book. Nothing major, but for instance, we have no problem with superheroes at our house, while the author avoids them. I agree whole-heartedly with the problems she mentions in these chapters, although there were a few areas I would disagree in practice. Her principles are based in Scripture and creatively presented to young boys. She discusses how the culture undermines our boys, the struggles they face to become honorable men, and the solution that knight-training provides. In the first few chapters of the book, the author explains the problems she is addressing with her principles. By shaping and nurturing their natural masculinity with biblical principles and character-building stories, we teach our sons to be men, in every sense of the word. This is habit-training that encourages boys to be boys-strong, daring risk-takers, protectors and champions. Knights in Training is a creative way to teach 10 areas of character using inspiring knights stories to captivate our sons’ imaginations. ![]() The principles are timeless and ready for a new generation of boys to take up. It soon became so compelling that all nobles sought to have their sons embark on this training and take up the chivalry challenge. Knight training started out as a way to equip the warrior class in medieval times. So what could possibly be better than tying in character training with knights and chivalry, right? When I stumbled upon Heather Haupt’s Knights in Training at the homeschool convention this year, I really felt like I’d hit the jackpot. And I love studying the Middle Ages with my children. I enjoy the stories of King Arthur as much now as I did as a kid.
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