₿HS006: Meredith and Shane Hazel “Trust yourself – You Are Made to Do This”
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Bitcoiners Meredith and Shane are over a decade into their homeschooling journey. In this conversation they share overing fears, embracing challenges, asking kids to teach others, homesteading, and many personal lessons.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
- Homeschooling is a calling
- Meredith’s background as a schoolteacher
- Cost of childcare alone is ridiculous
- Preparing for a lifestyle of a single income without fear
- Men can only do such much, kids really need a mom
- Originally decided to take it year by year
- Now they’re homeschooling until the work is done
- Embracing challenges … Make adjustments as you go
- Hardest part starting out was researching how legally to do this
- Struggle and growth from over-planner to value-based teacher
- Combining homeschooling and homesteading
- Teaching more than traditional subjects, teaching life skills
- Have kids teach you! Using Discord, baking bread, anything
- Kids learning to monetize
- Chores and responsibilities, e.g., attending to chickens
- Learning (teaching) how to make money work instead of working for money
- Kids can learn things are earlier ages than you expect
- Genius is actually an extraordinarily common thing
- Contribution to society through our kids
- You do NOT need a schoolteacher background to homeschool
- The art and science of leveraging nap schedules
- Fail fast. Learn from your mistakes. You’re going to be alright.
- Kids have to have skin in the game
- How to answer kids ask “Do we have to go to college?”
- Check out dual enrollment opportunities
- Balancing free time and self-discipline
- Self-discipline over curriculum
- Value of letting kids teaching others what they know
- Don’t be afraid to follow your own path
- Read to kids every day
- Have fun with your kids and learn patience as fast as you can
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:
- Meredith’s blog “Wait ‘Til Your Father Gets Home” http://www.waittilyourfathergetshome.com
- Shane’s email shane.hazel@swanbitcoin.com
- Books:
- “The Underground History of American Education” by John Taylor Gato
- “Dumbing Us Down” by John Taylor Gato
- “Weapons of Mass Instruction” by John Taylor Gato
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STANDING RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Article "Homeschoolers Are Bitcoiners Who Don't Know It Yet" https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/parallels-between-homeschool-and-bitcoin
- Tali’s “Quick Start” checklist https://www.freemarketkids.com/blogs/i-want-to-start-homeschooling/i-want-to-start-homeschooling-quick-start-checklist
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