₿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 [email protected]
• 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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