Exploring Alternatives To Traditional School

Our son Roman isn't even two yet, but we're already thinking about his education. In this episode, Brielle and Michael share why they're leaning toward homeschooling Roman and their future kids instead of traditional public school. 00:00 Welcome back to the Ma-Honeys 00:45 Today's topic: why we're leaning toward homeschooling 02:13 Looking at school like any product: who's behind it and what are their values? 03:25 Respect for teachers: it's the system we question 04:25 How much of what we learned in school do we actually use? 06:04 The Industrial Revolution roots of public school 08:20 Brielle: everyone learns differently 09:50 The "father of American education" homeschooled his own kids 10:47 Keeping other people's beliefs out of our kids' education 11:40 Our views on gender topics in schools 12:39 Napoleon Hill's "Outwitting the Devil" and the power of suggestion 15:12 Brielle's public and charter school experience 19:17 Intermission: we're back, recording from Utah! 20:30 Our homeschool vision: creativity first 22:07 Letting kids move and burn off energy 23:33 "What about socialization?" Social interaction vs. social conditioning 24:43 Entrepreneurship, door knocking, public speaking, and sports 26:50 What we were exposed to in school 29:13 Core subjects and the freedom to fail 31:40 The NASA creativity study (Dr. George Land) 34:05 Losing and rediscovering our creativity 38:20 Gratitude, and a challenge to working parents 40:54 What about single parents? 41:58 Homeschool families: we want to hear from you! 42:58 Wrap-up Are you homeschooling or thinking about it? Comment below or reach out. We'd love to learn from you! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a five-star review, and share it with a friend. CONNECT WITH US The Ma-Honeys: @Ma_honeys.podcast Michael: @the.michaelmahoney Brielle: @brielle_colleen @brielle.colleen.music