August 25, 2024 • 22 mins
Welcome back to another episode of the RV Rental Secrets podcast! This week, Stacy and Garr dig deep into the world of homeschooling, particularly how it integrates with the entrepreneurial lifestyle. As seasoned homeschoolers and successful business owners, Garr and Stacy bring unique perspectives on how to educate children in the home and on the road.
Garr kicks off the conversation by sharing his experience of homeschooling his four children, who range in age from 7 to 15. He talks about how homeschooling has always been a part of their family dynamic and how it has allowed his kids to develop essential life skills, from financial literacy to running a small business. Garr's 13-year-old son, for example, manages a subscription-based egg business, teaching him valuable lessons in sales, customer service, and handling rejection.
Stacy shares her excitement about returning to homeschooling as her family prepares to travel full-time in their RV. She discusses her plans to take a more experiential approach to education by incorporating visits to national parks and museums, turning the world into her children’s classroom. Stacy also reflects on the challenges her oldest son faced in traditional schooling and how homeschooling will allow for a more personalized, hands-on learning experience.
The episode also explores how homeschooling nurtures an entrepreneurial mindset in children. Gar and Stacy discuss how their kids are learning practical skills that go beyond standard academics, such as balancing a budget, understanding investments, and handling real-life challenges. They emphasize the importance of letting kids fail and learn from their mistakes, a critical part of both the entrepreneurial journey and personal growth.
Stacy and Gar wrap up the episode with tips for other parents who may be considering homeschooling or looking to incorporate entrepreneurial lessons into their children’s education. They encourage parents to slow down, be deliberate in their teaching, and make space for creativity and independence in their kids' lives.
Whether you’re an RV enthusiast, a homeschooling parent, or an entrepreneur looking to pass on your skills to the next generation, this episode offers a wealth of insights and practical advice. Tune in to learn how you can combine education, entrepreneurship, and travel into a rewarding and enriching experience for your family.
Key Takeaways:
- The benefits of homeschooling in fostering an entrepreneurial mindset.
- How to integrate practical life skills into your child’s education.
- The value of experiential learning through travel and real-world experiences.
- Tips for balancing technology and encouraging creativity in homeschooling.
- Encouragement for parents to consider homeschooling or roadschooling as a viable option for their families.
Don’t miss this inspiring episode filled with stories, tips, and encouragement for homeschooling and entrepreneurial families!
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Everyone, welcome to the RV rental secrets podcast this week.
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I'm here again with my co host Gar Russell, and we're going to be talking about homeschooling.
.999I've seen a lot of your posts recently, Gar, that you just started up your new school year. 4 00:00:15,829.999 --> 00:00:17,840 So I thought it would be a good topic.
Yeah.
We just started yesterday.
We've been homeschooling since the day we started schooling.
Our oldest is 15.
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We've got 15, 13, nine, and seven.
Wow, that's amazing.
So I have a six year old, 11 year old, and a 13 year old.
.999We homeschooled during the pandemic for two years, and now this fall, actually next month, we're gonna be again homeschooling again as we travel across the United States. 13 00:00:46,294.999 --> 00:00:49,824.999 So I'm really excited to dig into this topic. 14 00:00:49,824.999 --> 00:00:50,524.999 I like it. 15 00:00:50,574.999 --> 00:00:53,855 So you're not really homeschooling then, you're, road schooling, Stacy.
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You know, we're going to be visiting a lot of national parks and incorporating, museums into our homeschooling so that they're kind of learning more hands on and really getting that That view of the world that you can't see from just reading a book.
So I'm excited about that.
.999Yeah, there's something about seeing and touching and being right there that just brings the education experience alive.
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.002It makes me think of when we were traveling, we had a very important stop in our homeschooling journey. 20 00:01:27,365.002 --> 00:01:31,115.002 We stopped at the first Kentucky Fried Chicken that there ever was. 21 00:01:31,695.002 --> 00:01:34,5.002 I mean, that's something you don't forget. 22 00:01:34,75.002 --> 00:01:34,825.002 That's a memory. 23 00:01:35,405.002 --> 00:01:36,405.002 Yeah, definitely. 24 00:01:36,405.002 --> 00:01:45,365.0015 I mean, what's more educational than that? Yeah, I mean, we got to see where the colonel slept and right inside his little business and all the things. 25 00:01:45,365.0015 --> 00:01:46,905.001 So anyway. 26 00:01:46,905.001 --> 00:01:52,815.001 Now I've seen like a lot of entrepreneurs post how they're homeschooling their kids. 27 00:01:52,815.001 --> 00:01:59,690.001 And I feel like By homeschooling, you're almost giving them like a leg up to become an entrepreneur. 28 00:01:59,730.001 --> 00:02:02,540.001 Like, how do you feel about that? Oh, yeah, you totally are. 29 00:02:02,540.001 --> 00:02:10,810.001 Yeah, because us being an entrepreneurial family with our homeschooling, we're always thinking from a entrepreneurial standpoint. 30 00:02:11,470.001 --> 00:02:14,440 You know, not just we're not like my kids. 31 00:02:14,510.001 --> 00:02:19,580.001 So our Emma, she went into a regular school system for about six weeks. 32 00:02:20,355.001 --> 00:02:24,435.001 And then we pulled her out and she had to learn how to school. 33 00:02:24,925.001 --> 00:02:37,285.001 And so basically what she had to, she had to learn how to memorize something, to take a test, to check the box, to forget it, to memorize the new set of information, you know, and as a homeschooler, it's just not like that. 34 00:02:37,355.001 --> 00:02:44,75.001 You know, we're, writing papers and doing presentations and there's no check a box and this and that. 35 00:02:44,75.001 --> 00:02:46,965.001 And, and that's the entrepreneurial journey too, right? Her. 36 00:02:47,435.001 --> 00:03:04,405.0005 You're doing sales, so you're learning how to communicate, customer service, and overcome objections, and even like the math that our kids do, they're not learning algebra, calculus, whatever the other things are that they teach in public school that you never use as an adult. 37 00:03:04,945.0015 --> 00:03:14,855.0015 They're learning financial literacy, how to balance a bank account, how to figure out percentages and discounts and, and all those different kinds of things. 38 00:03:14,875.0005 --> 00:03:26,335.0015 So, yeah, there's just,, so much, I'm trying to find this post on Facebook here about a homeschooling stat stat I just saw, like the amount of people that are homeschooling, like now it's like in the millions. 39 00:03:26,335.0015 --> 00:03:26,845.0015 per year. 40 00:03:26,845.0015 --> 00:03:32,435.0015 How amazing is it? And yet as an entrepreneurial family, homeschooling is just, it's where it's at. 41 00:03:32,465.0015 --> 00:03:33,575.0015 Oh, here's, here's a stat. 42 00:03:33,855.0015 --> 00:03:39,965.0005 So in the 1980s, there was about 200, 000 homeschoolers in the two thousands. 43 00:03:39,965.0005 --> 00:03:41,45.0015 There was 1. 44 00:03:41,45.1015 --> 00:03:42,865.0015 5 million, 2010, 1. 45 00:03:42,895.0025 --> 00:03:43,735.0015 7 million. 46 00:03:44,285.0015 --> 00:03:49,495.0025 And so far in the twenties, there's over 5 million homeschool families. 47 00:03:49,945.0025 --> 00:03:54,465.0025 So I just love that how homeschooling is just increasing by leaps and bounds. 48 00:03:54,485.0025 --> 00:03:54,995.0025 It's amazing. 49 00:03:55,650.0025 --> 00:03:57,180.0025 I know I'm excited for it. 50 00:03:57,280.0025 --> 00:04:04,420.0025 A couple months ago I brought my oldest to a teen wealth workshop which was put on by Bill Allen in Tennessee. 51 00:04:04,810.0025 --> 00:04:11,710.0005 And they did go through like all the financial literacy that, you wouldn't normally get at that age. 52 00:04:11,930.0005 --> 00:04:19,810.0005 So they talked about investing and, what are stocks and bonds and talking about like compounding interest. 53 00:04:20,260.0005 --> 00:04:37,239.9985 And it was just, So helpful for him to hear that and really start to think at the end of it, they played a game where they were able to pick a job and then they went to different stations and were able to invest in real estate or invest in stocks. 54 00:04:37,269.9995 --> 00:04:46,224.9005 And then at the end, they were able to see, I think it was 16 years that they went through and see how much money they made. 55 00:04:46,585.0005 --> 00:04:50,925.0005 We're able to earn from all those investments after the 16 years. 56 00:04:51,255.0005 --> 00:05:07,165.002 So I'm excited to continue that learning experience through homeschool, because especially with my oldest, I did see, like you said, they were just checking the boxes and he, is very smart and he learns like how to just get by. 57 00:05:07,465.002 --> 00:05:11,905.002 So like he wouldn't do his homework, because like he didn't he had better things to do. 58 00:05:12,295.002 --> 00:05:21,295.001 And then he was like, oh, okay, well, I figured it out and, you know, I only I need to get a, you know, 72 on this test and then I'll pass. 59 00:05:21,305.002 --> 00:05:22,345.002 So I'll be fine. 60 00:05:22,775.002 --> 00:05:25,585.002 So it was like, he definitely knew how to work the system. 61 00:05:26,35.001 --> 00:05:28,75.002 So, yeah, it wasn't the most. 62 00:05:28,675.002 --> 00:05:32,495.002 Educational experience, because he wasn't using it the right way. 63 00:05:32,495.002 --> 00:05:54,295.001 Yeah, you know that makes me think of my nine year old Noah the math we have him doing this year It's this this dvd cd that he puts into a laptop So he loves that because he's on a computer and that's the first time for him But what he quickly learned is okay, you have to do five lessons a week So he's on there like I think he did four lessons yesterday in his first day. 64 00:05:54,665.001 --> 00:06:25,225.001 So he just went through and crushed it but Yeah, he crushed it as far as he knocked out a bunch of lessons You But did he actually retain the information, you know, did he actually learn a lot or no? Is he just the way his brain works? Was he able to kind of figure out the system like your son was like, oh, here's how the system works Figure it out and just crush through it, you know, like you go to my older kids in their schooling Garrison my 13 year old part of his school is he has a business And he sells eggs. 65 00:06:25,235.001 --> 00:06:34,490.001 So he has 14 egg laying chickens You And so what we did for his business is we set up a subscription plan. 66 00:06:34,510.001 --> 00:06:43,920.001 So I taught Garrison about continuity, how to get people to subscribe to his membership, where they get a dozen eggs per week, it's 20 per month. 67 00:06:44,700.001 --> 00:07:02,510 And man, that just opens this Pandora's box of learning because first he's got, you know, these seven slots he needs to fill, but what else does he have to do now? He has to reach out and he has to find people to subscribe, which was, I actually, I've got pictures of it.
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I was going to do a blog post on this.
He had literally he had like 12 dozen of eggs like just this huge surplus of inventory sitting on the counter And i'm like, dude, what are you doing, man? We got to get going and what we learned was like most people when it comes to It's time to sell and what happens when it's time to sell? Oh, there is a chance that I'm going to get rejected.
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Somebody's going to say no to my sales proposal.
So him and I got to talk through that.
So I have a picture of all these eggs sitting on a counter and then I have a picture of him out on the swing just swinging because I'm like, dude, you need to go think about it and figure out what's going on.
So I got a picture of him sitting out on the swing, searching his thoughts and emotions.
And then he comes back and he's like, Yeah, I'm scared that they'll say no.
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.999And so how cool is it that at 13 years old, he was able to learn that part of the sales process is rejection. 76 00:07:58,234.999 --> 00:07:58,454.999 Yeah.
And that's going to get them so much further in life.
I feel like than sitting in a classroom, like we talked about, you know, working the systems and I almost feel like that's how it is in a corporate work environment.
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It's like you learn to what you need to do, like bare minimum, just to get by and get your paycheck.
But you're just kind of dying inside.
Like you're not learning and growing and feeding that passion.
.0005So I love, you know, that's where entrepreneurship comes in and I feel like it's just. 83 00:08:32,150.0005 --> 00:08:34,890.0005 Help feeding our kids to learn that same lesson. 84 00:08:35,400.0005 --> 00:08:45,890.0005 Yeah, Jim Rohn and, and Tony Robbins say that the highest form, let me see if I have this here, of the six human needs are growth and contribution. 85 00:08:46,480.0005 --> 00:09:02,580.0005 And when you're just set up in a regular school environment to memorize stuff, to take a test where you're not being challenged and growing and stuff like that, like you're missing out on part of the God given desire that's placed inside of you to To grow and contribute. 86 00:09:03,130.0005 --> 00:09:22,110.0015 And when you, when it's like you're set up to not even fail either, you're literally just set up to memorize something where one of my mentors, Josh Latimer says put your kids in situations where they experienced failure, because that's where real growth happens instead of setting them up to work. 87 00:09:22,400.0015 --> 00:09:24,360.0015 Oh, everybody gets a trophy. 88 00:09:24,800.0015 --> 00:09:26,980.0015 Everybody gets a star on their paper. 89 00:09:26,980.0015 --> 00:09:28,360.0015 Everybody's got this or that. 90 00:09:28,360.0015 --> 00:09:34,680.0015 Like, no, it's okay to experience failure because failure is part of the process for growth. 91 00:09:36,80.0005 --> 00:09:36,530.0005 Yeah. 92 00:09:36,660.0015 --> 00:09:44,620.0015 And I mean, I know everyone's not as lucky as us where they have the time to homeschool their kids. 93 00:09:45,30.0015 --> 00:09:54,110.0005 But I think even if, you know, you're working a nine to five and the kids are in traditional school, you know, you can still take time after school. 94 00:09:54,355.0015 --> 00:10:05,25.0015 Especially if you're already in the RV rental business, which most likely you are, if you're listening to this podcast but take the time to teach them some of the skills about running a business. 95 00:10:05,365.0015 --> 00:10:09,925.002 And I think that would be really beneficial to them, you know, learning accounting, you can take them. 96 00:10:10,355.002 --> 00:10:16,495.002 You know, through your expenses and income that you're earning in your RV rental business and get them involved that way. 97 00:10:17,785.002 --> 00:10:22,355.002 Yeah, and that really just takes, you just got to deliberately slow down a little bit. 98 00:10:22,845.001 --> 00:10:28,865.002 That's something that's been our prayer and what we've talked about with starting school this year is we do not need to be in a hurry. 99 00:10:29,415.001 --> 00:10:40,485.002 We do not need to feel rushed or anxious because when we're, when we're slow and we're not having that anxiousness, then we're, we're not missing those opportunities to teach. 100 00:10:40,625.002 --> 00:10:43,795.002 So that is definitely a very good point. 101 00:10:43,795.002 --> 00:10:51,175.002 There's so many things that our kids can learn from if, if they're still in school, but you still want to, you know, teach 'em outside of school. 102 00:10:51,715.002 --> 00:10:59,935.002 That Yeah, there's some, I mean, even cooking and cleaning, like my Noah, my 9-year-old, this kid can fry up bacon and eggs. 103 00:10:59,965.002 --> 00:11:01,285.002 Like it's nobody's business. 104 00:11:01,695.002 --> 00:11:03,195.002 Like it blows people's minds. 105 00:11:03,195.002 --> 00:11:06,255.002 And I even let him near a stove, I'm like, let him near a stove. 106 00:11:06,255.002 --> 00:11:08,115.002 This kid can fry an egg better than you can. 107 00:11:08,115.002 --> 00:11:10,875.002 You want a good over easy egg, you know, so like. 108 00:11:11,225.002 --> 00:11:13,495.002 Hey, again, let your kids fail. 109 00:11:13,495.002 --> 00:11:14,325.002 Let them try. 110 00:11:14,655.002 --> 00:11:16,665.002 You know, let them, let them experience life. 111 00:11:17,395.002 --> 00:11:19,315.001 We need to stop sheltering our kids so much. 112 00:11:19,715.002 --> 00:11:26,615.002 Yeah, I think those life skills are definitely something that have kind of fallen behind in our society. 113 00:11:26,965.002 --> 00:11:35,545.002 Probably the last decade or so where You know, writing an address on an envelope or, you know, even dialing a phone. 114 00:11:35,545.002 --> 00:11:52,335.002 Sometimes, you know, they're so used to just pressing a button on a cell phone and,, getting on YouTube and have that instantaneous reaction to things where it's like they're missing out on all those little life lessons and life skills that, they weren't taught. 115 00:11:52,335.002 --> 00:11:52,835.002 Yeah. 116 00:11:52,965.002 --> 00:11:53,245.002 Yeah. 117 00:11:53,295.002 --> 00:11:54,205.002 I completely agree. 118 00:11:54,485.002 --> 00:12:09,75.003 You know, and that brings up a good, a good side note, I'll say about technology and, and homeschooling, because one of the things about homeschooling is You can get a lot done in a short amount of time with homeschooling. 119 00:12:09,85.003 --> 00:12:10,985.003 So you have a lot of downtime. 120 00:12:11,465.003 --> 00:12:17,355.003 Like our Mondays is our long day of homeschooling and, but we're still done by around two o'clock. 121 00:12:17,355.003 --> 00:12:18,835.002 And then Tuesday is a little shorter. 122 00:12:18,835.003 --> 00:12:21,215.003 We do four days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. 123 00:12:21,755.003 --> 00:12:23,705.003 And then it's a little shorter, a little shorter. 124 00:12:24,275.003 --> 00:12:33,405.003 So one thing that we do to where to keep a balance with technology is we have some different apps on our kids phones, Google family link, and then we have bark. 125 00:12:33,905.003 --> 00:13:05,435.003 Which monitors and then that's another way to incentivize your kids to learn more or to add more to their workload is, Hey, you have our kids all get Emma gets a little bit more, Isabella, our seven year old doesn't have a device, no on garrison have one and they each get an hour a day on their phone and then after that, if they want to earn extra time, well, then they got to read or they got to do some chores or, or whatever, you know, and part of that too, really is, Let them get outside for a minute and get bored. 126 00:13:05,435.003 --> 00:13:07,235.003 I think we, we mess up on that. 127 00:13:08,115.003 --> 00:13:10,625.003 Right on the other side of boredom is creativity. 128 00:13:10,875.002 --> 00:13:16,565.003 So if you let your kids get outside where they're flopping and flailing, Oh my gosh, I don't know what to do. 129 00:13:16,565.003 --> 00:13:23,975.003 What do I do now? Like literally let that go for about another five, 10 minutes, right on the other side of that creativity kicks in. 130 00:13:24,445.003 --> 00:13:28,5.003 And then next thing you know, they're building a fairy garden around a tree. 131 00:13:28,505.003 --> 00:13:38,755.003 Or they're making bow and arrows out of sticks or they're playing tag or they're on the trampoline, but we got to learn to press through that little bit of you know, mini meltdown. 132 00:13:38,765.002 --> 00:13:46,565.002 I, I see it every time with my kids when their phones lock, like I can literally hear their feet, like walking at a different pace. 133 00:13:46,565.002 --> 00:13:50,545.003 I'm like, Oh, they must've ran out of their hour because they're coming at me heavy and hot. 134 00:13:50,895.003 --> 00:13:54,725.003 So I know they're out of their time and they literally walk over to me. 135 00:13:55,135.003 --> 00:13:58,395.003 What am I doing now, Dad? I'm like, perfect. 136 00:13:58,445.003 --> 00:13:59,995.003 Now you've started the process. 137 00:14:00,265.003 --> 00:14:01,885.003 Give it 5, 10, 15 minutes. 138 00:14:01,915.003 --> 00:14:02,955.003 You're going to feel bored. 139 00:14:02,995.003 --> 00:14:04,575.002 You're going to feel frustrated with dad. 140 00:14:04,845.003 --> 00:14:10,125.003 You're going to feel all these emotions and then guess what's going to happen next creativity and you're going to have fun and be a kid. 141 00:14:10,635.002 --> 00:14:12,335.003 Yeah, that's so true. 142 00:14:12,365.002 --> 00:14:16,265.003 Like that's just, I just experienced that yesterday with my two youngest. 143 00:14:16,305.003 --> 00:14:24,900.003 And then You know, like you said, they got outside and after 10 minutes, they were building a whole roadway and playing with cars and trucks. 144 00:14:24,930.003 --> 00:14:31,330.003 Then they were inside playing pretend like doctor and hotel and they had a whole office set up. 145 00:14:31,780.003 --> 00:14:39,770.002 Yeah, so just taking them away from the devices and letting their brains work and get creative is so important. 146 00:14:40,570.002 --> 00:14:42,439.96933333 Yeah, it's so is. 147 00:14:42,439.96933333 --> 00:14:48,989.96933333 What else do we want to talk about with homeschooling? I've got I've got Emma's, my 15 year old's daily schedule up here. 148 00:14:49,49.96933333 --> 00:14:50,889.96933333 I could share a little bit of it if you want. 149 00:14:51,549.96933333 --> 00:14:51,779.96933333 Yeah. 150 00:14:51,780.06933333 --> 00:14:54,309.96933333 Share a little bit of your routine. 151 00:14:54,629.96933333 --> 00:14:55,419.96933333 Yeah, definitely. 152 00:14:55,879.96933333 --> 00:15:01,399.96933333 So Emma, this year now we're making her, she has, her first thing she has to do is exercise. 153 00:15:01,409.96833333 --> 00:15:03,489.96833333 She has to get on the treadmill and do four miles. 154 00:15:04,149.96933333 --> 00:15:13,179.96933333 And one of the main reasons that's her first thing is it wakes you up, right? It gets the chemicals flowing, gets the blood flowing, gets them up and away and gets rid of that brain fog. 155 00:15:13,569.96933333 --> 00:15:14,729.96833333 So she does the treadmill. 156 00:15:14,729.96933333 --> 00:15:16,459.96933333 She does four miles on the treadmill. 157 00:15:16,819.96933333 --> 00:15:20,499.96933333 And she's a really smart girl, so I have parameters. 158 00:15:20,559.96933333 --> 00:15:22,619.96933333 She's got to do it in under 20 minutes. 159 00:15:23,244.96933333 --> 00:15:26,934.96933333 And she's got to have the resistance at nine on the treadmill. 160 00:15:27,364.96933333 --> 00:15:35,374.96833333 And then while she's doing that, we have her listen to like a motivational, inspirational, spiritual podcast at the same time. 161 00:15:35,684.96833333 --> 00:15:37,744.96933333 So she's filling her mind with some good stuff. 162 00:15:37,744.96933333 --> 00:15:42,164.96933333 She's getting the body awake, moving, flowing, doing all the things. 163 00:15:42,294.96933333 --> 00:15:48,934.96933333 How's your, how's your morning typically start Stacy? I mean, I feel like we're kind of late starters with. 164 00:15:50,19.96933333 --> 00:15:53,709.96933333 So I like to get up early and I get some work done in the morning. 165 00:15:54,119.96933333 --> 00:16:12,629.96833333 And then, like, the kids tend to sleep in a little bit, so we usually get started maybe around, like, nine and get, like, the important subjects done first while they're, like, nice and wide and awake and so we usually do, like, math or like, writing in the beginning. 166 00:16:13,29.96833333 --> 00:16:20,549.96833333 And then usually take a break and then do some like play and, you know, they, that's kind of when they get their exercise in. 167 00:16:20,619.96833333 --> 00:16:26,699.96833333 And then in the afternoon, like, we'll come back and do the fun subjects like science or social studies. 168 00:16:27,564.96833333 --> 00:16:27,994.96833333 Awesome. 169 00:16:28,264.96833333 --> 00:16:35,814.96833333 And isn't that the awesome thing about homeschooling? Yeah, because not everybody is a early bird and you can do things at different times. 170 00:16:35,814.96833333 --> 00:16:42,504.9683333 And yeah, if you like your quiet time during the morning to knock out your things, so you feel productive and accomplished already. 171 00:16:42,505.0683333 --> 00:16:43,774.8673333 Yeah. 172 00:16:43,854.9673333 --> 00:16:44,934.9683333 You can do stuff like that. 173 00:16:46,54.9683333 --> 00:17:13,604.9683333 So yeah, Emma does her exercise, then she's got a devotion that she reads, and then she has her mantra that she reads and all of our kids have a mantra that, that we've written out for them, based on the specific gifts that we know that they have, and the callings that we believe that God has on their life, so they read that out, and then Emma does a lot of writing, So I have her either write out, like yesterday I had her write out this letter. 174 00:17:14,104.9683333 --> 00:17:16,744.9683333 I read this book called Giant Killers by Bill Johnson. 175 00:17:17,104.9683333 --> 00:17:18,434.9683333 Raising Giant Killers. 176 00:17:18,724.9683333 --> 00:17:21,494.9683333 And at the end of it was a letter that he wrote to his children. 177 00:17:21,494.9683333 --> 00:17:23,324.9683333 10 things I want you to know. 178 00:17:23,814.9683333 --> 00:17:32,744.9683333 So I have Emma writing that letter out, or I'll have her write out like a Psalm or a book from the Bible or just something you know, that, that I feel is good and important for her. 179 00:17:33,264.9683333 --> 00:17:35,194.9683333 And then I, I'm like the principal. 180 00:17:35,214.9683333 --> 00:17:37,44.9683333 So I checked the schoolwork at the end. 181 00:17:37,54.9683333 --> 00:17:39,934.9683333 They check in with dad and I checked the math and this and that with them. 182 00:17:39,934.9683333 --> 00:17:45,394.9683333 And mom does the more of the reading and phonics and stuff like that. 183 00:17:45,394.9683333 --> 00:17:46,164.9683333 Sorry, let me back up. 184 00:17:46,174.9683333 --> 00:18:17,169.8673333 We all do a devotion time together in the morning We do some reading as a group and then we break off yeah, I think with us being on the road more like i'm going to try to Do more podcasts maybe audiobooks so when we're driving we can get you know, some of that time in so it's not wasted and then when I was previously homeschooling we used a curriculum called book shark Book shark But I felt like it was a little overwhelming because it kind of was more like traditional school where it was like, again, you had to check this box and do this. 185 00:18:17,539.8673333 --> 00:18:21,939.8673333 So we're going to kind of take more of like, an unschooling approach this coming year. 186 00:18:22,269.8673333 --> 00:18:26,799.7673333 Like, where I mentioned, you know, visiting museums and national parks and. 187 00:18:27,99.8673333 --> 00:18:31,409.8673333 learning by doing rather than, doing worksheets and things like that. 188 00:18:31,419.8673333 --> 00:18:34,999.8673333 So I'm really excited to experience that and see how it goes. 189 00:18:34,999.8673333 --> 00:18:40,569.8673333 Yeah, I love that about homeschooling is following the kids passions and their events and their gifts. 190 00:18:41,279.8663333 --> 00:18:58,444.8673333 Two of our kids have dyslexia and we're just so thankful that we're able to school them and learn that because if they were not saying that it's 100 percent the case, but most likely if they were in a public school system, they probably would have been labeled something else. 191 00:18:58,544.8673333 --> 00:19:08,834.8673333 But we just thank God that we're homeschooled them so we can see their strengths, see their weaknesses, and find all the different re you know, 'cause there's just so many resources out there. 192 00:19:09,94.8673333 --> 00:19:14,614.8673333 You know, we did the classical conversation for several years and got a lot of good stuff out of that. 193 00:19:15,54.8673333 --> 00:19:23,394.8673333 And, a lot of different good curriculums for reading and they're just so much hodgepodge, you know, and my wife is like the homeschool guru. 194 00:19:23,394.8673333 --> 00:19:36,74.8673333 She has women like all around reaching out to her because she's just very good at encouraging moms with their homeschooling journey and letting them know like, hey, you don't have to just pick one curriculum and run with it. 195 00:19:36,564.8673333 --> 00:19:37,774.8673333 Like that's okay. 196 00:19:37,924.8673333 --> 00:19:43,394.8673333 You know go with what, where your child is learning and where you're seeing progress. 197 00:19:43,774.8673333 --> 00:19:51,134.8673333 You know, because that's so countercultural to public school and okay now you take this test so we can rank you to see where you're at this and that. 198 00:19:51,134.8673333 --> 00:19:52,784.8673333 It's just, I love it. 199 00:19:53,554.8673333 --> 00:19:56,734.8663333 Yeah, yeah, I'm excited to move forward. 200 00:19:57,124.8673333 --> 00:20:04,384.7673333 Hopefully this episode like gave encouragement to people to start thinking about homeschooling if they aren't. 201 00:20:04,934.7673333 --> 00:20:08,794.7673333 I know it can be a big change, but I definitely think it's worth it. 202 00:20:09,224.7673333 --> 00:20:14,54.7673333 And I know it's not our typical episode, but I hope it'll inspire you. 203 00:20:14,54.7673333 --> 00:20:17,254.7673333 Yes, I need to rock out all you homeschool parents. 204 00:20:17,254.7683333 --> 00:20:17,994.7683333 So proud of you. 205 00:20:17,994.7683333 --> 00:20:19,284.7683333 You're doing the hard things. 206 00:20:19,824.7683333 --> 00:20:21,284.7673333 You're investing in your kids. 207 00:20:21,804.7673333 --> 00:20:34,354.7673333 And you know, for those of you out there that you want to homeschool, but for whatever reason it doesn't work start to explore that, get a little curious and see what could potentially change to make it work. 208 00:20:34,729.7673333 --> 00:20:39,849.7673333 Like in one of this groups that I'm in, they say you only have 18 summers with your kids. 209 00:20:40,269.7673333 --> 00:20:47,409.7673333 So instead of looking back with a bunch of regrets, you know, the number one need that a child has is, is love and connection. 210 00:20:47,869.7673333 --> 00:20:57,409.7673333 And what do we do as parents? We're spending a bunch of our time trying to make money to buy them all the things and all the toys and all the experiences they just want us. 211 00:20:57,894.7673333 --> 00:20:58,974.7673333 They just want to be with us. 212 00:20:58,974.7673333 --> 00:21:03,104.7673333 I saw this video on Facebook a while ago and interviewed all these parents. 213 00:21:03,344.7673333 --> 00:21:09,874.7663333 If you can meet anybody or spend time with anybody in the world, who would it be? And the parents are like, Oh, it would be Justin Beaver. 214 00:21:09,884.7673333 --> 00:21:11,244.7663333 It would be the monkeys. 215 00:21:11,244.7673333 --> 00:21:12,344.7673333 It would be Jesus. 216 00:21:12,344.7673333 --> 00:21:16,64.7673333 It would be, you know, all these famous people. 217 00:21:16,394.7663333 --> 00:21:19,184.7673333 And then they flipped the camera around and interviewed the kids. 218 00:21:19,184.7673333 --> 00:21:23,194.7673333 And, oh man, I'm a crier for those y'all that don't, it just brought me to tears. 219 00:21:23,194.7673333 --> 00:21:27,134.7673333 They're like, Oh, I don't know, like have a nice dinner with my mom and dad. 220 00:21:27,584.7673333 --> 00:21:30,234.7673333 Like, I don't know, maybe just go on a bike ride with my dad. 221 00:21:30,544.7673333 --> 00:21:32,674.7673333 Like that's what our kids want. 222 00:21:32,714.7673333 --> 00:21:35,854.7663333 They want us, they want quality time with their parents. 223 00:21:36,294.7673333 --> 00:21:48,829.7673333 So maybe you guys need to make a hard choice and say, you know what? If we actually make these couple tweaks on our budget, maybe if we actually downsize our house, Maybe if we actually, whatever, we could actually make this work. 224 00:21:48,829.7673333 --> 00:21:53,819.7673333 I want to encourage you don't feel like you're stuck and hopeless and there's no possible way for you to do it. 225 00:21:54,199.7663333 --> 00:21:59,709.7663333 Is Myron Golden says if the desire is strong enough, we'll make that choice. 226 00:21:59,739.7663333 --> 00:22:04,319.7663333 We'll make it same reason as the desire was strong enough for you to have a 4, 000 square foot house. 227 00:22:04,539.7663333 --> 00:22:06,159.7663333 You make the mortgage payment happen. 228 00:22:06,539.7663333 --> 00:22:11,189.7663333 If the desire is strong enough for you to invest more in your children before they're adults. 229 00:22:12,429.7663333 --> 00:22:19,119.7663333 Well, then you get rid of the 4, 000 square foot house and you go to 2, 000 square foot and you do the thing that's purposed in your heart to do. 230 00:22:19,499.7663333 --> 00:22:21,299.7663333 So do hard things parents. 231 00:22:21,539.7663333 --> 00:22:22,599.7663333 Well, I love that. 232 00:22:22,609.7663333 --> 00:22:25,239.7663333 I just your little speech there inspired me. 233 00:22:25,239.7663333 --> 00:22:30,179.7663333 Like I want to go out and take a walk or a bike ride with the kids and just spend that quality time with them. 234 00:22:30,179.8663333 --> 00:22:32,239.7653333 It's so precious. 235 00:22:32,259.7663333 --> 00:22:32,999.7663333 Those memories. 236 00:22:33,909.7653333 --> 00:22:34,329.7653333 So precious. 237 00:22:34,869.7663333 --> 00:22:37,569.7658333 Well, thank you everyone for joining us this week. 238 00:22:37,569.7658333 --> 00:22:40,639.7663333 I hope you enjoyed this episode and we'll see you again next week.
Everyone, welcome to the RV rental secrets podcast this week.
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I'm here again with my co host Gar Russell, and we're going to be talking about homeschooling.
.999I've seen a lot of your posts recently, Gar, that you just started up your new school year. 4 00:00:15,829.999 --> 00:00:17,840 So I thought it would be a good topic.
Yeah.
We just started yesterday.
We've been homeschooling since the day we started schooling.
Our oldest is 15.
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We've got 15, 13, nine, and seven.
Wow, that's amazing.
So I have a six year old, 11 year old, and a 13 year old.
.999We homeschooled during the pandemic for two years, and now this fall, actually next month, we're gonna be again homeschooling again as we travel across the United States. 13 00:00:46,294.999 --> 00:00:49,824.999 So I'm really excited to dig into this topic. 14 00:00:49,824.999 --> 00:00:50,524.999 I like it. 15 00:00:50,574.999 --> 00:00:53,855 So you're not really homeschooling then, you're, road schooling, Stacy.
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You know, we're going to be visiting a lot of national parks and incorporating, museums into our homeschooling so that they're kind of learning more hands on and really getting that That view of the world that you can't see from just reading a book.
So I'm excited about that.
.999Yeah, there's something about seeing and touching and being right there that just brings the education experience alive.
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.002It makes me think of when we were traveling, we had a very important stop in our homeschooling journey. 20 00:01:27,365.002 --> 00:01:31,115.002 We stopped at the first Kentucky Fried Chicken that there ever was. 21 00:01:31,695.002 --> 00:01:34,5.002 I mean, that's something you don't forget. 22 00:01:34,75.002 --> 00:01:34,825.002 That's a memory. 23 00:01:35,405.002 --> 00:01:36,405.002 Yeah, definitely. 24 00:01:36,405.002 --> 00:01:45,365.0015 I mean, what's more educational than that? Yeah, I mean, we got to see where the colonel slept and right inside his little business and all the things. 25 00:01:45,365.0015 --> 00:01:46,905.001 So anyway. 26 00:01:46,905.001 --> 00:01:52,815.001 Now I've seen like a lot of entrepreneurs post how they're homeschooling their kids. 27 00:01:52,815.001 --> 00:01:59,690.001 And I feel like By homeschooling, you're almost giving them like a leg up to become an entrepreneur. 28 00:01:59,730.001 --> 00:02:02,540.001 Like, how do you feel about that? Oh, yeah, you totally are. 29 00:02:02,540.001 --> 00:02:10,810.001 Yeah, because us being an entrepreneurial family with our homeschooling, we're always thinking from a entrepreneurial standpoint. 30 00:02:11,470.001 --> 00:02:14,440 You know, not just we're not like my kids. 31 00:02:14,510.001 --> 00:02:19,580.001 So our Emma, she went into a regular school system for about six weeks. 32 00:02:20,355.001 --> 00:02:24,435.001 And then we pulled her out and she had to learn how to school. 33 00:02:24,925.001 --> 00:02:37,285.001 And so basically what she had to, she had to learn how to memorize something, to take a test, to check the box, to forget it, to memorize the new set of information, you know, and as a homeschooler, it's just not like that. 34 00:02:37,355.001 --> 00:02:44,75.001 You know, we're, writing papers and doing presentations and there's no check a box and this and that. 35 00:02:44,75.001 --> 00:02:46,965.001 And, and that's the entrepreneurial journey too, right? Her. 36 00:02:47,435.001 --> 00:03:04,405.0005 You're doing sales, so you're learning how to communicate, customer service, and overcome objections, and even like the math that our kids do, they're not learning algebra, calculus, whatever the other things are that they teach in public school that you never use as an adult. 37 00:03:04,945.0015 --> 00:03:14,855.0015 They're learning financial literacy, how to balance a bank account, how to figure out percentages and discounts and, and all those different kinds of things. 38 00:03:14,875.0005 --> 00:03:26,335.0015 So, yeah, there's just,, so much, I'm trying to find this post on Facebook here about a homeschooling stat stat I just saw, like the amount of people that are homeschooling, like now it's like in the millions. 39 00:03:26,335.0015 --> 00:03:26,845.0015 per year. 40 00:03:26,845.0015 --> 00:03:32,435.0015 How amazing is it? And yet as an entrepreneurial family, homeschooling is just, it's where it's at. 41 00:03:32,465.0015 --> 00:03:33,575.0015 Oh, here's, here's a stat. 42 00:03:33,855.0015 --> 00:03:39,965.0005 So in the 1980s, there was about 200, 000 homeschoolers in the two thousands. 43 00:03:39,965.0005 --> 00:03:41,45.0015 There was 1. 44 00:03:41,45.1015 --> 00:03:42,865.0015 5 million, 2010, 1. 45 00:03:42,895.0025 --> 00:03:43,735.0015 7 million. 46 00:03:44,285.0015 --> 00:03:49,495.0025 And so far in the twenties, there's over 5 million homeschool families. 47 00:03:49,945.0025 --> 00:03:54,465.0025 So I just love that how homeschooling is just increasing by leaps and bounds. 48 00:03:54,485.0025 --> 00:03:54,995.0025 It's amazing. 49 00:03:55,650.0025 --> 00:03:57,180.0025 I know I'm excited for it. 50 00:03:57,280.0025 --> 00:04:04,420.0025 A couple months ago I brought my oldest to a teen wealth workshop which was put on by Bill Allen in Tennessee. 51 00:04:04,810.0025 --> 00:04:11,710.0005 And they did go through like all the financial literacy that, you wouldn't normally get at that age. 52 00:04:11,930.0005 --> 00:04:19,810.0005 So they talked about investing and, what are stocks and bonds and talking about like compounding interest. 53 00:04:20,260.0005 --> 00:04:37,239.9985 And it was just, So helpful for him to hear that and really start to think at the end of it, they played a game where they were able to pick a job and then they went to different stations and were able to invest in real estate or invest in stocks. 54 00:04:37,269.9995 --> 00:04:46,224.9005 And then at the end, they were able to see, I think it was 16 years that they went through and see how much money they made. 55 00:04:46,585.0005 --> 00:04:50,925.0005 We're able to earn from all those investments after the 16 years. 56 00:04:51,255.0005 --> 00:05:07,165.002 So I'm excited to continue that learning experience through homeschool, because especially with my oldest, I did see, like you said, they were just checking the boxes and he, is very smart and he learns like how to just get by. 57 00:05:07,465.002 --> 00:05:11,905.002 So like he wouldn't do his homework, because like he didn't he had better things to do. 58 00:05:12,295.002 --> 00:05:21,295.001 And then he was like, oh, okay, well, I figured it out and, you know, I only I need to get a, you know, 72 on this test and then I'll pass. 59 00:05:21,305.002 --> 00:05:22,345.002 So I'll be fine. 60 00:05:22,775.002 --> 00:05:25,585.002 So it was like, he definitely knew how to work the system. 61 00:05:26,35.001 --> 00:05:28,75.002 So, yeah, it wasn't the most. 62 00:05:28,675.002 --> 00:05:32,495.002 Educational experience, because he wasn't using it the right way. 63 00:05:32,495.002 --> 00:05:54,295.001 Yeah, you know that makes me think of my nine year old Noah the math we have him doing this year It's this this dvd cd that he puts into a laptop So he loves that because he's on a computer and that's the first time for him But what he quickly learned is okay, you have to do five lessons a week So he's on there like I think he did four lessons yesterday in his first day. 64 00:05:54,665.001 --> 00:06:25,225.001 So he just went through and crushed it but Yeah, he crushed it as far as he knocked out a bunch of lessons You But did he actually retain the information, you know, did he actually learn a lot or no? Is he just the way his brain works? Was he able to kind of figure out the system like your son was like, oh, here's how the system works Figure it out and just crush through it, you know, like you go to my older kids in their schooling Garrison my 13 year old part of his school is he has a business And he sells eggs. 65 00:06:25,235.001 --> 00:06:34,490.001 So he has 14 egg laying chickens You And so what we did for his business is we set up a subscription plan. 66 00:06:34,510.001 --> 00:06:43,920.001 So I taught Garrison about continuity, how to get people to subscribe to his membership, where they get a dozen eggs per week, it's 20 per month. 67 00:06:44,700.001 --> 00:07:02,510 And man, that just opens this Pandora's box of learning because first he's got, you know, these seven slots he needs to fill, but what else does he have to do now? He has to reach out and he has to find people to subscribe, which was, I actually, I've got pictures of it.
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I was going to do a blog post on this.
He had literally he had like 12 dozen of eggs like just this huge surplus of inventory sitting on the counter And i'm like, dude, what are you doing, man? We got to get going and what we learned was like most people when it comes to It's time to sell and what happens when it's time to sell? Oh, there is a chance that I'm going to get rejected.
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Somebody's going to say no to my sales proposal.
So him and I got to talk through that.
So I have a picture of all these eggs sitting on a counter and then I have a picture of him out on the swing just swinging because I'm like, dude, you need to go think about it and figure out what's going on.
So I got a picture of him sitting out on the swing, searching his thoughts and emotions.
And then he comes back and he's like, Yeah, I'm scared that they'll say no.
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.999And so how cool is it that at 13 years old, he was able to learn that part of the sales process is rejection. 76 00:07:58,234.999 --> 00:07:58,454.999 Yeah.
And that's going to get them so much further in life.
I feel like than sitting in a classroom, like we talked about, you know, working the systems and I almost feel like that's how it is in a corporate work environment.
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It's like you learn to what you need to do, like bare minimum, just to get by and get your paycheck.
But you're just kind of dying inside.
Like you're not learning and growing and feeding that passion.
.0005So I love, you know, that's where entrepreneurship comes in and I feel like it's just. 83 00:08:32,150.0005 --> 00:08:34,890.0005 Help feeding our kids to learn that same lesson. 84 00:08:35,400.0005 --> 00:08:45,890.0005 Yeah, Jim Rohn and, and Tony Robbins say that the highest form, let me see if I have this here, of the six human needs are growth and contribution. 85 00:08:46,480.0005 --> 00:09:02,580.0005 And when you're just set up in a regular school environment to memorize stuff, to take a test where you're not being challenged and growing and stuff like that, like you're missing out on part of the God given desire that's placed inside of you to To grow and contribute. 86 00:09:03,130.0005 --> 00:09:22,110.0015 And when you, when it's like you're set up to not even fail either, you're literally just set up to memorize something where one of my mentors, Josh Latimer says put your kids in situations where they experienced failure, because that's where real growth happens instead of setting them up to work. 87 00:09:22,400.0015 --> 00:09:24,360.0015 Oh, everybody gets a trophy. 88 00:09:24,800.0015 --> 00:09:26,980.0015 Everybody gets a star on their paper. 89 00:09:26,980.0015 --> 00:09:28,360.0015 Everybody's got this or that. 90 00:09:28,360.0015 --> 00:09:34,680.0015 Like, no, it's okay to experience failure because failure is part of the process for growth. 91 00:09:36,80.0005 --> 00:09:36,530.0005 Yeah. 92 00:09:36,660.0015 --> 00:09:44,620.0015 And I mean, I know everyone's not as lucky as us where they have the time to homeschool their kids. 93 00:09:45,30.0015 --> 00:09:54,110.0005 But I think even if, you know, you're working a nine to five and the kids are in traditional school, you know, you can still take time after school. 94 00:09:54,355.0015 --> 00:10:05,25.0015 Especially if you're already in the RV rental business, which most likely you are, if you're listening to this podcast but take the time to teach them some of the skills about running a business. 95 00:10:05,365.0015 --> 00:10:09,925.002 And I think that would be really beneficial to them, you know, learning accounting, you can take them. 96 00:10:10,355.002 --> 00:10:16,495.002 You know, through your expenses and income that you're earning in your RV rental business and get them involved that way. 97 00:10:17,785.002 --> 00:10:22,355.002 Yeah, and that really just takes, you just got to deliberately slow down a little bit. 98 00:10:22,845.001 --> 00:10:28,865.002 That's something that's been our prayer and what we've talked about with starting school this year is we do not need to be in a hurry. 99 00:10:29,415.001 --> 00:10:40,485.002 We do not need to feel rushed or anxious because when we're, when we're slow and we're not having that anxiousness, then we're, we're not missing those opportunities to teach. 100 00:10:40,625.002 --> 00:10:43,795.002 So that is definitely a very good point. 101 00:10:43,795.002 --> 00:10:51,175.002 There's so many things that our kids can learn from if, if they're still in school, but you still want to, you know, teach 'em outside of school. 102 00:10:51,715.002 --> 00:10:59,935.002 That Yeah, there's some, I mean, even cooking and cleaning, like my Noah, my 9-year-old, this kid can fry up bacon and eggs. 103 00:10:59,965.002 --> 00:11:01,285.002 Like it's nobody's business. 104 00:11:01,695.002 --> 00:11:03,195.002 Like it blows people's minds. 105 00:11:03,195.002 --> 00:11:06,255.002 And I even let him near a stove, I'm like, let him near a stove. 106 00:11:06,255.002 --> 00:11:08,115.002 This kid can fry an egg better than you can. 107 00:11:08,115.002 --> 00:11:10,875.002 You want a good over easy egg, you know, so like. 108 00:11:11,225.002 --> 00:11:13,495.002 Hey, again, let your kids fail. 109 00:11:13,495.002 --> 00:11:14,325.002 Let them try. 110 00:11:14,655.002 --> 00:11:16,665.002 You know, let them, let them experience life. 111 00:11:17,395.002 --> 00:11:19,315.001 We need to stop sheltering our kids so much. 112 00:11:19,715.002 --> 00:11:26,615.002 Yeah, I think those life skills are definitely something that have kind of fallen behind in our society. 113 00:11:26,965.002 --> 00:11:35,545.002 Probably the last decade or so where You know, writing an address on an envelope or, you know, even dialing a phone. 114 00:11:35,545.002 --> 00:11:52,335.002 Sometimes, you know, they're so used to just pressing a button on a cell phone and,, getting on YouTube and have that instantaneous reaction to things where it's like they're missing out on all those little life lessons and life skills that, they weren't taught. 115 00:11:52,335.002 --> 00:11:52,835.002 Yeah. 116 00:11:52,965.002 --> 00:11:53,245.002 Yeah. 117 00:11:53,295.002 --> 00:11:54,205.002 I completely agree. 118 00:11:54,485.002 --> 00:12:09,75.003 You know, and that brings up a good, a good side note, I'll say about technology and, and homeschooling, because one of the things about homeschooling is You can get a lot done in a short amount of time with homeschooling. 119 00:12:09,85.003 --> 00:12:10,985.003 So you have a lot of downtime. 120 00:12:11,465.003 --> 00:12:17,355.003 Like our Mondays is our long day of homeschooling and, but we're still done by around two o'clock. 121 00:12:17,355.003 --> 00:12:18,835.002 And then Tuesday is a little shorter. 122 00:12:18,835.003 --> 00:12:21,215.003 We do four days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. 123 00:12:21,755.003 --> 00:12:23,705.003 And then it's a little shorter, a little shorter. 124 00:12:24,275.003 --> 00:12:33,405.003 So one thing that we do to where to keep a balance with technology is we have some different apps on our kids phones, Google family link, and then we have bark. 125 00:12:33,905.003 --> 00:13:05,435.003 Which monitors and then that's another way to incentivize your kids to learn more or to add more to their workload is, Hey, you have our kids all get Emma gets a little bit more, Isabella, our seven year old doesn't have a device, no on garrison have one and they each get an hour a day on their phone and then after that, if they want to earn extra time, well, then they got to read or they got to do some chores or, or whatever, you know, and part of that too, really is, Let them get outside for a minute and get bored. 126 00:13:05,435.003 --> 00:13:07,235.003 I think we, we mess up on that. 127 00:13:08,115.003 --> 00:13:10,625.003 Right on the other side of boredom is creativity. 128 00:13:10,875.002 --> 00:13:16,565.003 So if you let your kids get outside where they're flopping and flailing, Oh my gosh, I don't know what to do. 129 00:13:16,565.003 --> 00:13:23,975.003 What do I do now? Like literally let that go for about another five, 10 minutes, right on the other side of that creativity kicks in. 130 00:13:24,445.003 --> 00:13:28,5.003 And then next thing you know, they're building a fairy garden around a tree. 131 00:13:28,505.003 --> 00:13:38,755.003 Or they're making bow and arrows out of sticks or they're playing tag or they're on the trampoline, but we got to learn to press through that little bit of you know, mini meltdown. 132 00:13:38,765.002 --> 00:13:46,565.002 I, I see it every time with my kids when their phones lock, like I can literally hear their feet, like walking at a different pace. 133 00:13:46,565.002 --> 00:13:50,545.003 I'm like, Oh, they must've ran out of their hour because they're coming at me heavy and hot. 134 00:13:50,895.003 --> 00:13:54,725.003 So I know they're out of their time and they literally walk over to me. 135 00:13:55,135.003 --> 00:13:58,395.003 What am I doing now, Dad? I'm like, perfect. 136 00:13:58,445.003 --> 00:13:59,995.003 Now you've started the process. 137 00:14:00,265.003 --> 00:14:01,885.003 Give it 5, 10, 15 minutes. 138 00:14:01,915.003 --> 00:14:02,955.003 You're going to feel bored. 139 00:14:02,995.003 --> 00:14:04,575.002 You're going to feel frustrated with dad. 140 00:14:04,845.003 --> 00:14:10,125.003 You're going to feel all these emotions and then guess what's going to happen next creativity and you're going to have fun and be a kid. 141 00:14:10,635.002 --> 00:14:12,335.003 Yeah, that's so true. 142 00:14:12,365.002 --> 00:14:16,265.003 Like that's just, I just experienced that yesterday with my two youngest. 143 00:14:16,305.003 --> 00:14:24,900.003 And then You know, like you said, they got outside and after 10 minutes, they were building a whole roadway and playing with cars and trucks. 144 00:14:24,930.003 --> 00:14:31,330.003 Then they were inside playing pretend like doctor and hotel and they had a whole office set up. 145 00:14:31,780.003 --> 00:14:39,770.002 Yeah, so just taking them away from the devices and letting their brains work and get creative is so important. 146 00:14:40,570.002 --> 00:14:42,439.96933333 Yeah, it's so is. 147 00:14:42,439.96933333 --> 00:14:48,989.96933333 What else do we want to talk about with homeschooling? I've got I've got Emma's, my 15 year old's daily schedule up here. 148 00:14:49,49.96933333 --> 00:14:50,889.96933333 I could share a little bit of it if you want. 149 00:14:51,549.96933333 --> 00:14:51,779.96933333 Yeah. 150 00:14:51,780.06933333 --> 00:14:54,309.96933333 Share a little bit of your routine. 151 00:14:54,629.96933333 --> 00:14:55,419.96933333 Yeah, definitely. 152 00:14:55,879.96933333 --> 00:15:01,399.96933333 So Emma, this year now we're making her, she has, her first thing she has to do is exercise. 153 00:15:01,409.96833333 --> 00:15:03,489.96833333 She has to get on the treadmill and do four miles. 154 00:15:04,149.96933333 --> 00:15:13,179.96933333 And one of the main reasons that's her first thing is it wakes you up, right? It gets the chemicals flowing, gets the blood flowing, gets them up and away and gets rid of that brain fog. 155 00:15:13,569.96933333 --> 00:15:14,729.96833333 So she does the treadmill. 156 00:15:14,729.96933333 --> 00:15:16,459.96933333 She does four miles on the treadmill. 157 00:15:16,819.96933333 --> 00:15:20,499.96933333 And she's a really smart girl, so I have parameters. 158 00:15:20,559.96933333 --> 00:15:22,619.96933333 She's got to do it in under 20 minutes. 159 00:15:23,244.96933333 --> 00:15:26,934.96933333 And she's got to have the resistance at nine on the treadmill. 160 00:15:27,364.96933333 --> 00:15:35,374.96833333 And then while she's doing that, we have her listen to like a motivational, inspirational, spiritual podcast at the same time. 161 00:15:35,684.96833333 --> 00:15:37,744.96933333 So she's filling her mind with some good stuff. 162 00:15:37,744.96933333 --> 00:15:42,164.96933333 She's getting the body awake, moving, flowing, doing all the things. 163 00:15:42,294.96933333 --> 00:15:48,934.96933333 How's your, how's your morning typically start Stacy? I mean, I feel like we're kind of late starters with. 164 00:15:50,19.96933333 --> 00:15:53,709.96933333 So I like to get up early and I get some work done in the morning. 165 00:15:54,119.96933333 --> 00:16:12,629.96833333 And then, like, the kids tend to sleep in a little bit, so we usually get started maybe around, like, nine and get, like, the important subjects done first while they're, like, nice and wide and awake and so we usually do, like, math or like, writing in the beginning. 166 00:16:13,29.96833333 --> 00:16:20,549.96833333 And then usually take a break and then do some like play and, you know, they, that's kind of when they get their exercise in. 167 00:16:20,619.96833333 --> 00:16:26,699.96833333 And then in the afternoon, like, we'll come back and do the fun subjects like science or social studies. 168 00:16:27,564.96833333 --> 00:16:27,994.96833333 Awesome. 169 00:16:28,264.96833333 --> 00:16:35,814.96833333 And isn't that the awesome thing about homeschooling? Yeah, because not everybody is a early bird and you can do things at different times. 170 00:16:35,814.96833333 --> 00:16:42,504.9683333 And yeah, if you like your quiet time during the morning to knock out your things, so you feel productive and accomplished already. 171 00:16:42,505.0683333 --> 00:16:43,774.8673333 Yeah. 172 00:16:43,854.9673333 --> 00:16:44,934.9683333 You can do stuff like that. 173 00:16:46,54.9683333 --> 00:17:13,604.9683333 So yeah, Emma does her exercise, then she's got a devotion that she reads, and then she has her mantra that she reads and all of our kids have a mantra that, that we've written out for them, based on the specific gifts that we know that they have, and the callings that we believe that God has on their life, so they read that out, and then Emma does a lot of writing, So I have her either write out, like yesterday I had her write out this letter. 174 00:17:14,104.9683333 --> 00:17:16,744.9683333 I read this book called Giant Killers by Bill Johnson. 175 00:17:17,104.9683333 --> 00:17:18,434.9683333 Raising Giant Killers. 176 00:17:18,724.9683333 --> 00:17:21,494.9683333 And at the end of it was a letter that he wrote to his children. 177 00:17:21,494.9683333 --> 00:17:23,324.9683333 10 things I want you to know. 178 00:17:23,814.9683333 --> 00:17:32,744.9683333 So I have Emma writing that letter out, or I'll have her write out like a Psalm or a book from the Bible or just something you know, that, that I feel is good and important for her. 179 00:17:33,264.9683333 --> 00:17:35,194.9683333 And then I, I'm like the principal. 180 00:17:35,214.9683333 --> 00:17:37,44.9683333 So I checked the schoolwork at the end. 181 00:17:37,54.9683333 --> 00:17:39,934.9683333 They check in with dad and I checked the math and this and that with them. 182 00:17:39,934.9683333 --> 00:17:45,394.9683333 And mom does the more of the reading and phonics and stuff like that. 183 00:17:45,394.9683333 --> 00:17:46,164.9683333 Sorry, let me back up. 184 00:17:46,174.9683333 --> 00:18:17,169.8673333 We all do a devotion time together in the morning We do some reading as a group and then we break off yeah, I think with us being on the road more like i'm going to try to Do more podcasts maybe audiobooks so when we're driving we can get you know, some of that time in so it's not wasted and then when I was previously homeschooling we used a curriculum called book shark Book shark But I felt like it was a little overwhelming because it kind of was more like traditional school where it was like, again, you had to check this box and do this. 185 00:18:17,539.8673333 --> 00:18:21,939.8673333 So we're going to kind of take more of like, an unschooling approach this coming year. 186 00:18:22,269.8673333 --> 00:18:26,799.7673333 Like, where I mentioned, you know, visiting museums and national parks and. 187 00:18:27,99.8673333 --> 00:18:31,409.8673333 learning by doing rather than, doing worksheets and things like that. 188 00:18:31,419.8673333 --> 00:18:34,999.8673333 So I'm really excited to experience that and see how it goes. 189 00:18:34,999.8673333 --> 00:18:40,569.8673333 Yeah, I love that about homeschooling is following the kids passions and their events and their gifts. 190 00:18:41,279.8663333 --> 00:18:58,444.8673333 Two of our kids have dyslexia and we're just so thankful that we're able to school them and learn that because if they were not saying that it's 100 percent the case, but most likely if they were in a public school system, they probably would have been labeled something else. 191 00:18:58,544.8673333 --> 00:19:08,834.8673333 But we just thank God that we're homeschooled them so we can see their strengths, see their weaknesses, and find all the different re you know, 'cause there's just so many resources out there. 192 00:19:09,94.8673333 --> 00:19:14,614.8673333 You know, we did the classical conversation for several years and got a lot of good stuff out of that. 193 00:19:15,54.8673333 --> 00:19:23,394.8673333 And, a lot of different good curriculums for reading and they're just so much hodgepodge, you know, and my wife is like the homeschool guru. 194 00:19:23,394.8673333 --> 00:19:36,74.8673333 She has women like all around reaching out to her because she's just very good at encouraging moms with their homeschooling journey and letting them know like, hey, you don't have to just pick one curriculum and run with it. 195 00:19:36,564.8673333 --> 00:19:37,774.8673333 Like that's okay. 196 00:19:37,924.8673333 --> 00:19:43,394.8673333 You know go with what, where your child is learning and where you're seeing progress. 197 00:19:43,774.8673333 --> 00:19:51,134.8673333 You know, because that's so countercultural to public school and okay now you take this test so we can rank you to see where you're at this and that. 198 00:19:51,134.8673333 --> 00:19:52,784.8673333 It's just, I love it. 199 00:19:53,554.8673333 --> 00:19:56,734.8663333 Yeah, yeah, I'm excited to move forward. 200 00:19:57,124.8673333 --> 00:20:04,384.7673333 Hopefully this episode like gave encouragement to people to start thinking about homeschooling if they aren't. 201 00:20:04,934.7673333 --> 00:20:08,794.7673333 I know it can be a big change, but I definitely think it's worth it. 202 00:20:09,224.7673333 --> 00:20:14,54.7673333 And I know it's not our typical episode, but I hope it'll inspire you. 203 00:20:14,54.7673333 --> 00:20:17,254.7673333 Yes, I need to rock out all you homeschool parents. 204 00:20:17,254.7683333 --> 00:20:17,994.7683333 So proud of you. 205 00:20:17,994.7683333 --> 00:20:19,284.7683333 You're doing the hard things. 206 00:20:19,824.7683333 --> 00:20:21,284.7673333 You're investing in your kids. 207 00:20:21,804.7673333 --> 00:20:34,354.7673333 And you know, for those of you out there that you want to homeschool, but for whatever reason it doesn't work start to explore that, get a little curious and see what could potentially change to make it work. 208 00:20:34,729.7673333 --> 00:20:39,849.7673333 Like in one of this groups that I'm in, they say you only have 18 summers with your kids. 209 00:20:40,269.7673333 --> 00:20:47,409.7673333 So instead of looking back with a bunch of regrets, you know, the number one need that a child has is, is love and connection. 210 00:20:47,869.7673333 --> 00:20:57,409.7673333 And what do we do as parents? We're spending a bunch of our time trying to make money to buy them all the things and all the toys and all the experiences they just want us. 211 00:20:57,894.7673333 --> 00:20:58,974.7673333 They just want to be with us. 212 00:20:58,974.7673333 --> 00:21:03,104.7673333 I saw this video on Facebook a while ago and interviewed all these parents. 213 00:21:03,344.7673333 --> 00:21:09,874.7663333 If you can meet anybody or spend time with anybody in the world, who would it be? And the parents are like, Oh, it would be Justin Beaver. 214 00:21:09,884.7673333 --> 00:21:11,244.7663333 It would be the monkeys. 215 00:21:11,244.7673333 --> 00:21:12,344.7673333 It would be Jesus. 216 00:21:12,344.7673333 --> 00:21:16,64.7673333 It would be, you know, all these famous people. 217 00:21:16,394.7663333 --> 00:21:19,184.7673333 And then they flipped the camera around and interviewed the kids. 218 00:21:19,184.7673333 --> 00:21:23,194.7673333 And, oh man, I'm a crier for those y'all that don't, it just brought me to tears. 219 00:21:23,194.7673333 --> 00:21:27,134.7673333 They're like, Oh, I don't know, like have a nice dinner with my mom and dad. 220 00:21:27,584.7673333 --> 00:21:30,234.7673333 Like, I don't know, maybe just go on a bike ride with my dad. 221 00:21:30,544.7673333 --> 00:21:32,674.7673333 Like that's what our kids want. 222 00:21:32,714.7673333 --> 00:21:35,854.7663333 They want us, they want quality time with their parents. 223 00:21:36,294.7673333 --> 00:21:48,829.7673333 So maybe you guys need to make a hard choice and say, you know what? If we actually make these couple tweaks on our budget, maybe if we actually downsize our house, Maybe if we actually, whatever, we could actually make this work. 224 00:21:48,829.7673333 --> 00:21:53,819.7673333 I want to encourage you don't feel like you're stuck and hopeless and there's no possible way for you to do it. 225 00:21:54,199.7663333 --> 00:21:59,709.7663333 Is Myron Golden says if the desire is strong enough, we'll make that choice. 226 00:21:59,739.7663333 --> 00:22:04,319.7663333 We'll make it same reason as the desire was strong enough for you to have a 4, 000 square foot house. 227 00:22:04,539.7663333 --> 00:22:06,159.7663333 You make the mortgage payment happen. 228 00:22:06,539.7663333 --> 00:22:11,189.7663333 If the desire is strong enough for you to invest more in your children before they're adults. 229 00:22:12,429.7663333 --> 00:22:19,119.7663333 Well, then you get rid of the 4, 000 square foot house and you go to 2, 000 square foot and you do the thing that's purposed in your heart to do. 230 00:22:19,499.7663333 --> 00:22:21,299.7663333 So do hard things parents. 231 00:22:21,539.7663333 --> 00:22:22,599.7663333 Well, I love that. 232 00:22:22,609.7663333 --> 00:22:25,239.7663333 I just your little speech there inspired me. 233 00:22:25,239.7663333 --> 00:22:30,179.7663333 Like I want to go out and take a walk or a bike ride with the kids and just spend that quality time with them. 234 00:22:30,179.8663333 --> 00:22:32,239.7653333 It's so precious. 235 00:22:32,259.7663333 --> 00:22:32,999.7663333 Those memories. 236 00:22:33,909.7653333 --> 00:22:34,329.7653333 So precious. 237 00:22:34,869.7663333 --> 00:22:37,569.7658333 Well, thank you everyone for joining us this week. 238 00:22:37,569.7658333 --> 00:22:40,639.7663333 I hope you enjoyed this episode and we'll see you again next week.
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