Bitcoin Homeschoolers

Ever feel overwhelmed about homeschooling?  You’ll find inspiration in Leigh Ann and Jason’s story.  They are homeschooling six kids!!!  They cover how it feels to get started, using analogies like super-bananas, and general principles, like teaching kids to govern themselves.  Also, since Jason is the ambassador concierge at Satlantis, we preview this Nostr/Bitcoin project at the end of the program.  

• Leigh Ann and Jason’s background
• Jason is the one who suggested homeschooling to Leigh Ann
• Doesn’t hurt to try homeschooling
• It is so nice spending time with your children
• They don’t separate parenting from homeschooling
• Their grandfather would quiz the kids to test the effectiveness of homeschooling
• Turning the tables, when your kids know more about subjects than you
• Jason’s personal education experiences 
• Compliments from others about how well behaved their kids are, testament to homeschooling kids socializing with people of all ages
• Managing time, allowing for flow, following the unschooling approach
• Learning is best done through experience, it is not like uploading Kungfu in the Matrix
• Low time preference mentality applied to homeschooling includes investing learning skills, e.g., reading, early
• “Living books”, aka Charlotte Mason method, learning history through history
• The power of choice, e.g., letting kids select subjects they want to learn deeply
• One of their favorites is “Vincent's Starry Night and Other Stories: A Children's History of Art” by Michael Bird
• Self-custody of parenting means kids can explore topics outside of the limited state-dictated curriculum
• Ultimate goal is to prepare kids for the adult world
• All of their kids are in Bitcoin
• Power of analogy … Using the story of “The Super Banana” to explain Bitcoin to a 10 year old
• Teach correct principles and let people govern themselves, let them verify for themselves and live them
• Kids are worth more than Super Bananas (Bitcoin)
• Jason’s journey from outside-in (Bitcoin can save the world) to inside-out (the personal revolution)
• God’s hand guiding us along the way
• Homeschooling is what you make it
• It takes a lot of time investment to find good homeschooling resources
• Leigh Ann’s recommendations: “The Good and the Beautiful”, “Starfall”, and “I See Sam”
• Homeschooling allows parent-teachers to adjust programs 1-on-1 to adapt and fit individual learning styles of each child, contrast with the one-size-fits-all-approach public-school teachers have to use to teach classes of 20+ students
• Strengths, weaknesses and interests … the key is to listen to your kids, do not buy into institutional standards e.g., Common Core or No Child Left Behind (Jason calls the latter socialized education)
• Don’t replicate the system you pulled your kids out of, i.e., public schools, it will stress you out
• Kids naturally want to learn, laziness is a myth

• Jason’s twitter: @geekigai
• Jason’s Nostr: [email protected] or npub1693220pmp0a4c04a0p7hkz874vsxkyfrvtk2yk4zjyj3e4c0ugjs3r4j0c21
• Jason’s book “21 Questions: A Beginners Guide to Bitcoin”, https://a.co/d/0mcMtUC
• Satlantis, https://www.satlantis.io/place
• Bitcoin Chattanooga, https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-chattanooga/

• Leigh Ann’s recommendations

(1) Full Curriculum:  

The Good and the Beautiful (goodandbeautiful.com)

- K-8 Language Arts - Free

- K-7 Math - Free

*Requires no daily prep time

*Emphasizes family, God, high character, nature, and wholesome literature

(2) Free Printable Early Readers:

- I See Sam (marriottmd.com/sam/index.html)

(3) Literature & History:

- Reading Through History (Charlotte Mason) (simplycharlottemason.com/build-your-own-curriculum/)

(4) Free Math Resources:

- Minimalist Math by Research Parent (researchparent.com/learn/mathematics/minimalist-math-curriculum/) - Grades 1-6

- School Yourself (schoolyourself.org) - Harvard Instructors

(5) Other:

- Book “Vincent's Starry Night and Other Stories: A Children's History of Art” by Michael Bird and Kate Evans

- Curriculum “Starfall”, https://www.starfall.com/h/

• Other
• Hodlween, twitter @hodlween
• Book “Seventh Property” by Eric Yates 
• Book “The Bitcoin Standard” by Saifedean Ammous

Tali's Twitter @OrangeHatterPod

Scott's Twitter @ScottLindberg93

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Free Market Kids' Twitter @FreeMarketKids

Free Market Kids' games including HODL UP at https://www.freemarketkids.com  

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The intro/extro music is from TipNZ.  Tip educates through her music, exploring the Bitcoin universe with visual storytelling, sick beats & profound lyrics.  https://www.tipnz.com/

We are our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

Crazy awesome Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition

Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,

Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  

Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

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

Bridgette brings the receipts.  It’s passion, not a teaching degree, that unlocks education.  She creatively meets kids where they are, e.g., dealing with developmentally delayed, non-verbal, traumatized, beaten, autistic, et al.  She is a grandmother entrepreneur!  She is starting her own preschool based on how kids really learn, not based on fiat curriculums.  

• Mother of five decided to go back into the workforce
• Went back to college at 45
• Using a keyboard to make jingles was one of her early creative ways to reach children
• The “five senses” is one of the favorites with the kids
• She became DJ BJ the rapping school teacher
• She was encouraged to record her songs in a studio after which she wrote a book to go along with each
• She started a business, Creatively Invented, which produces catchy, hip hop educational products for home and school
• Bridgette calls this “edutainment”
• The principal began sending her all the problem kids
• Another popular book was her “Use Your Manners” which features two kids as superheroes, “Suprepreneurs” 
• She picked things the kids like but is not in the curriculum, e.g., microphones, robots, marble trees, pencils with themes like Ninja Turtles, shaving cream, marsh mellows, giant rain sticks, magnets,
• In one particular challenge case, she let the kid lead the class
• In another case a kid went from nonverbal to talking
• There’s not just one way to teach kids
• Large rooms help a lot 
• She also would get dressed up in different costumes
• For some, teaching is a paycheck.  For some like Bridgette, teaching is a passion.
• Bridgette strongly recommends getting involved with the community, do research, talk to people, learn what extra curriculum activities are available
• Social emotional piece is critical to reaching kids
• She is launching a preschool, WOW Factory Academy, Inc.  WOW stands for “wonders of the world”.  No time limits, edutainment, invention-education, manners, performing arts, creative art, financial literacy, engineering, other “wow” experiences.
• Superpreneur Project is for pre-school to 3rd grade, teaches money principles and how to start their own business, includes a journal and flashcards

• Bridgette’s resources on Amazon  https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B01JDV02KE
• Bridgette’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridgette-johnson-bb143656/
• Bridgette’s website https://creativelyinvented.com
• Second Step https://www.secondstep.org
• Conscious Discipline https://consciousdiscipline.com
• School of Tomorrow https://www.aceschooloftomorrow.com

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Free Market Kids' games including HODL UP at https://www.freemarketkids.com  

Subscribe, like and share this podcast with others.

The intro/extro music is from TipNZ.  Tip educates through her music, exploring the Bitcoin universe with visual storytelling, sick beats & profound lyrics.  https://www.tipnz.com/

We are our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

Crazy awesome Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition

Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,

Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  

Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

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

SHOW TOPICS:  

To have sovereign money, we must have sovereign education.  In today’s episode, we explore sovereign education in Alaska with bitcoin homeschoolers, Wade and Tami.  They are breaking the misconception you can’t homeschool if both parents work.  They have also taken the initiative to organize the 2025 Bitcoin Alaska conference.  So much proof of work!  Check out their story.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

• Homebridge is one of three options for parents in Juneau, Alaska
• During the pandemic, Wade and Tami witnessed how poorly the school system was being run
• A second factor that led to homeschooling was a first-hand experience from political agendas being pushed in public schools
• Start homeschooling with kids as young as possible
• Wad and Tami do not let their younger children have unsupervised access to digital devices
• Psychosis is being actively allowed and taught in public schools
• An elementary school had a “coming out transgender” party for an eight year old without the knowledge of the kids’ parents
• Their kids are more diverse in terms of being able to socialize with other ages than their public school counterparts
• Every state is different and the Alaska constitution mandates a robust public school system
• Homebridge was established during COVID
• It includes a physical location staffed by a teacher
• Kids in the program have access to the public school library, sports and classes
• Parents also get payments to be used on other activities, e.g., karate, ceramics, swimming, online classes, photography,
• Offering topics outside of what public schools offer is a huge upside to homeschooling
• Opened the door for dual-income families to still homeschool
• Geographic arbitrage is how Wade described the ability to move to other states … in the long term, parents can vote with their feet
• Their kids have been exposed to Bitcoin and even ask to get chore money in bitcoin instead of fiat
• Society (thanks to fiat indoctrination) drastically underestimates when kids can learn new material 
• Wade is a Mi Primer Bitcoin light node and teaches their diploma at their local Juneau meetup
• Alaskan natives are very proud of being sovereign people
• What “sovereign education” really means
• One of the hardest things that challenged Wade and Tami was the stigma of what “homeschooling” means, especially when both parents work
• There’s a huge lobby from the education union to push kids back into school because they’re losing funds
• The swamp to include the government, NGO’s, unions, other special interests are going to fight harder than ever to protect their gravy train.  Parents must stand up for their rights.  The statists do not care about what is best for the child, nor what is the most effective and efficient method of education.  They care only about keeping power and control.
• To win the big battle we must remove the money.  That’s the only way long term to win.  The education infinite game.
• We all have different roles to play in the short and long term games.

 RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:

• Twitter @BitcoinAlaska
• Twitter @AlaskaBTC
• Homebridge, https://homebridge.juneauschools.org
• Girls on the Run, https://www.girlsontherun.org
• Homeschool Defense League, https://hslda.org
• Mi Primer Bitcoin “Diploma”, https://myfirstbitcoin.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/English-BD-2024.pdf
• Kahn Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org
• Bitcoin Alaska conference, https://bitcoinalaska.org

HAPPY TO HELP:

Tali's Twitter @OrangeHatterPod

Scott's Twitter @ScottLindberg93

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WAYS TO SUPPORT:

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The intro/extro music is from TipNZ.  Tip educates through her music, exploring the Bitcoin universe with visual storytelling, sick beats & profound lyrics.  https://www.tipnz.com/

We are our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

Crazy awesome Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition

Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,

Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  

Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

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

SHOW TOPICS:  

In today’s episode we explore the convergence of technology, education and health.  It is alarming how distractions like phone notifications, blue light and social media algorithms just wreak havoc with our circadian rhythms and other aspects of our health.  This dysfunctional relationship with technology is what motivated Anjan to development the DaylightComputer, a true low-time-preference technology.  

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

• Anjan’s background and love for technology
• Tug of war for kids … benefits of technology versus the downsides, e.g., distractions, addiction, blue light, etc.
• “Respect for that which is Lindy”
• Technology is mis-matched to how humans naturally evolved, e.g., constant notifications, blue light at night, et al
• The Daylight Computer is like the Marauder’s Map in Harry Potter in that it looks like ink appearing/disappearing and requires light shined on it to see
• Sovereignty applied to every layer: physical health sovereignty, cognitive sovereignty, nervous system sovereignty, monetary and digital sovereignty
• Dopamine system encourages people to enjoy learning but computers were designed to take advantage of this same system to make screen time more addicting
• The goal of Daylight Computer is to give some option but not to go cold turkey on existing devices
• The product is just as impactful for adults as kids, especially for reading and writing, and it’s healthy
• It is low-time-preference technology
• Different parenting approaches to digital devices
• How flickering works and hurts users
• Dr John Ott’s book “Health and Light”
• Jonathan Haidt’s books “Anxious Generation” and “Coddling of the American Mind”
• Post concussion syndrome and reason to stay away from screens after injury
• Screen apnea and its impact on breathing and on sleep, we are physiologically compromised 
• “The Primer” from Neal Stephenson’s novel “The Diamond Age”, inspiring vision for Anjan’s magic (self-learning) book equivalent
• Teach kids agency and self-learning
• New computer ecosystem

 RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:

• The Daylight computer https://daylightcomputer.com
• Anjan’s Twitter @daylightco
• Anjan’s email [email protected]
• Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” Jonathan 
• Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure” 
• “Brilliant” learning platform https://brilliant.org/
• John N. Ott’s book “Health and Light: The extraordinary Study that Shows How light Affects Your Health and Emotional Well Being”
• Video “BAD LIGHT! Effects of Fluorescent Light Irritation on Children and Animals”  https://youtu.be/48WbF-qOQc4
• Neal Stephenson’s novel “The Diamond Age”

HAPPY TO HELP:

Tali's Twitter @OrangeHatterPod

Scott's Twitter @ScottLindberg93

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Free Market Kids' Twitter @FreeMarketKids

Free Market Kids' games including HODL UP at https://www.freemarketkids.com  

WAYS TO SUPPORT:

Subscribe, like and share this podcast with others.

The intro/extro music is from TipNZ.  Tip educates through her music, exploring the Bitcoin universe with visual storytelling, sick beats & profound lyrics. https://www.tipnz.com/

We are our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

Crazy awesome Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition

Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,

Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  

Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

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

Learn about homeschooling in India.  Vikas and Chhaya Yadav let their son make decisions, including whether to homeschool and to choose subjects he is most interested in.  It’s a customized curriculum at a customized speed.  They allow him to follow his natural talents and interests versus prescribed subjects and pursuit of highest paid professions.  

• Homeschooling is legal in India but students still need to take mandatory exams
• Vikas and Chhaya’s approach is to let their son follow his curiosity
• They let their son decide whether to continue homeschooling or public schooling
• Letting kids make mistakes or have to admit they do not know something
• They leverage multiple resources, e.g., Kahn Academy
• They spent some time in Peru, where the education culture is more western and very different from Asia culture
• Identity politics are a global problem, India has similar trends that the US has in terms of work environments that were once meritocracies but now have discrimination, everyone is now categorized by their religion or caste
• In India, mandatory exams fundamentally impact kids’ futures so tremendous energy and time is focused on preparing for taking exams
• With homeschooling, you have a 1:1 student to teacher ratio versus 30:1 or 50:1 in public schools
• Teaching through story is powerful, one of the examples they used was reading “The Martian” with their son
• Public school students are not confident of what they want but are still expected to make a decision what to pursue in college, but nature is designed for us to be flexible, for us to change our decisions
• Following natural talents and interests versus prescribed subjects and pursuit of highest paid professions, the latter leads people to jobs they dislike and perform poorly in
• Now is the time to try homeschooling, you can always go back to state schools
• Best teacher we can be is to be ourselves to our children

• “The Martian” by Andy Weir
• Homeschooling group, swashikshan.
• Another organization, Shikshantar. They have a university with no curriculum. 
• Annual LSUC (Learning Societies Unconference) is much larger than just home schooling
• Vikas’ website, https://thevikas.com/

Tali's Twitter @OrangeHatterPod

Scott's Twitter @ScottLindberg93

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Free Market Kids' Twitter @FreeMarketKids

Free Market Kids' games including HODL UP at https://www.freemarketkids.com  

We are our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

Subscribe, like and share this podcast with others.

The intro/extro music is from TipNZ.  Tip educates through her music, exploring the Bitcoin universe with visual storytelling, sick beats & profound lyrics.  https://www.tipnz.com/

Crazy awesome Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition

Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,

Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  

Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

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

Today, the tables are turned.  Vivian Cheng, host of “Life with Bitcoin,” interviews Scott and Tali about their homeschool journey.  She asks deep and personal questions about fears, decision making in relationships and more.  Note this is the homeschooling portion of a more comprehensive discussion including backgrounds, zero time preference game theory, and more.  Please support Vivian and check out the full “Life with Bitcoin” episode.  

·      Scott and Tali’s decision to homeschool

·      The commitment to start

·      Resistance from both sides of the family

·      Be the best you can be in one area versus trying to well in everything

·      Factors to consider when deciding to homeschool

·      Full spectrum of options for parents controlling their kids’ education

·      Who do you trust?   Outsourcing vs. self-custodying your parenting

·      Critical importance of parent-child relationships

·      Emotional intelligence for a lifetime

·      Leading by example

·      Greatest challenges with homeschooling

·      There are so many support groups, e.g., co-ops

·      Zero time preference thinking … Why are you doing this?

·      Beware of the push for women to have both careers and families

·      How Scott was involved in the homeschooling experience

·      Reflections on lessons learned and what they would have done differently

·      Homeschooled kids interact very well with people of all ages … the opposite of the socialization FUD

·      Kids are not judging Tali and Scott by their fiat titles … Their kids are watching the example they are setting as a couple creating a company

·      How they balanced parenting decision making

·      Aligned values and division of labor vis-à-vis parenting

·      Be a whole person … you don’t have to give up who you are when you’re a parent

•               Vivian’s Linktr.ee  https://linktr.ee/LifewithBitcoin

•               Vivian’s podcast Twitter  @LifewBitcoin

•               Vivian’s personal Twitter  @btcviv

•               Vivian’s YouTube  https://youtu.be/MRP52DZeIhQ?si=YKW7CYDcbaPl5ff9

•               Jennifer Fox’s “Your Child's Strengths: A Guide for Parents and Teachers”  Amazon

Tali's Twitter @OrangeHatterPod

Scott's Twitter @ScottLindberg93

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Free Market Kids' Twitter @FreeMarketKids

Orange Pill App @FreeMarketKids

Free Market Kids' games including HODL UP https://www.freemarketkids.com

We are our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

Subscribe, like and share this podcast with others

Crazy awesome 2024 Halving Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition

Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,

Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  

Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

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

Mentioned in this episode:

Aleia Free Market Kids Full

Dads and soon-to-be-Dads, are you trying to convince your wife to homeschool?   Our guest today, John, shares his story of how he and his wife worked this discussion.  Now, 19 years of homeschooling later, they share their lessons learned and suggestions for others in their book, “This Is Not A School.”  Take self-custody of your parenting.  In the long term, the low time preference view, it’s worth it.  The way we help other parents is by sharing.

·      John’s book is “This Is Not A School: A nineteen year family education journal” 

·      Their reasons for homeschooling were not religious

·      He was inspired by his mother who emphasized how important it is to take full responsibility for the education of your children

·      Get the food right is one of the cornerstones of homeschooling

·      Limit the bad influences, e.g., what kids may be exposed to in public schools

·      John had to convince his wife to homeschool

·      You don’t need to have a lot of money to homeschool

·      They emphasized to their children that they were responsible for their own education

·      Teaching kids how to think for themselves is so important, e.g., critical thinking, mental frameworks

·      Self-custody parenting … Take control of what your kids are going to eat, going to experience, going to be exposed to

·      Parents are the ones who have the greatest incentive to take care of kids

·      When your kids fall down, don’t baby them.  Tell them to get up.

·      In many schools, administrators pummel kids with questions that really are suggestions, e.g., do you feel suicidal, do you feel like the opposite sex

·      They based their homeschooling on real world projects and situations, e.g., forming a PAC with their children called “Cannabis Consumers for Liberty”

·      Their family came under additional scrutiny and potential monitoring … John says that those who homeschool should be prepared for similar treatment

·      In the long term, the low time preference view, it’s worth it.  The way we help other parents is by sharing.

·      Talk to kids like adults about all subjects, especially money

·      They are working with Adam Curry to set up a Lightning node to process microtransactions for their audio book

·      The kids were with them when they set up their bitcoin wallet

·      Do what you need to do to be present with your family

·      If you’re feeling discouraged because it feels challenging to homeschool, don’t give up.  

·      John explains the history of National Computer Systems (NCS) and its influence over the US educational system and standards.  They were purchased by Pearson, a publishing company in London.

·      Go to the original, printed sources whenever possible … Build a book library of unabridged classics

•               John Dale’s book “This Is Not A School: A nineteen year family education journal” Amazon

•               John Dale’s book in audio on Podcast Index, https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6956884

•               Their own label, Plains Tribune Press, http://growingbusinesssolutions.com

•               Adam Curry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curry

•               Podcast Index, https://podcastindex.org

Tali's Twitter @OrangeHatterPod

Scott's Twitter @ScottLindberg93

Scott's nostr npub19jkuyl0wgrj8kccqzh2vnseeql9v98ptrx407ca9qjsrr4x5j9tsnxx0q6

Free Market Kids' Twitter @FreeMarketKids

Orange Pill App @FreeMarketKids

Free Market Kids' games including HODL UP https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games

We are our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

Subscribe, like and share this podcast with others

Crazy awesome 2024 Halving Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition

Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,

Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  

Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

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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In today's show, Tali shares exciting developments with her early readers series. This is a perfect way to leverage the power of story to engage with your younger children and grandchildren. The accompanying journal not only helps them embrace the concepts, it also provides a time for fellowship and sharing memories.

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• Tali's Twitter @OrangeHatterPod
• Scott's Twitter @ScottLindberg93
• Scott's nostr npub19jkuyl0wgrj8kccqzh2vnseeql9v98ptrx407ca9qjsrr4x5j9tsnxx0q6
• Free Market Kids' Twitter @FreeMarketKids
• Orange Pill App @FreeMarketKids
• Free Market Kids' games including HODL UP https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games

We are our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

• Subscribe, like and share this podcast with others
• Crazy awesome 2024 Halving Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition
• Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,
• Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  
• Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

• 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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Today’s show is part of our fundamentals series where we focus on practical ideas and resources.  This episode is especially for younger parents and is dedicated to developing the love of reading mindset.

• Picking the “right” reading material in the context of cultivating the right attitude
• Managing parental expectations is also important because your attitude will impact children’s feelings about reading
• Features to look at when kids first start to read:  

1.      Books that kids can actually touch and get dirty, e.g., choose books that have texture

2.    Books that young kids can easily flip the pages, e.g., cardboard pages, a size they can easily handle

• Anything, even gimmicky books, that engages their interest is good
• Library sales are great places to find cheap kids books.  So are church rummage sales, garage sales and homeschool bookstores that sell used materials.
• Just get kids used to seeing books everywhere … the bedrooms, the car, the stroller, the bathroom
• Giving kids choices with piles of books gives them the opportunity to choose what look interesting
• Tali found that cartoons with simple lines and large fonts worked best with her kids
• She also did not use phonics to teach kids how to read
• Coloring books and sticker books help grab children’s interest
• Choose materials less because of the specific topic, even Bitcoin, but more for positive feelings
• Use tools, e.g., a ruler with the center area cut out, to help younger readers focus and train their eyes
• Stay away from dumb-downed and abridged editions
• Let kids gets pulled into stories, even ones being read by relatives or audible books
• Set the example … let your kids see you read
• Books allow readers to use their imagination.  Exercise the creativity muscle.
• It is a disservice to expect certain abilities and skills at certain ages.  
• Yes, high-time-preference fiat-stress can be a challenge but being aware of this, you can still make reading a priority
• Subtitles on for all movies and shows!
• It’s better to play read stories than to give kids an ipad to watch cartoons.  Cartoons have dumbed-down and overly-simplified language.
• Scott compares kids’ growing brains to AI language learning 
• Get copies of original, unabridged classics.  Build a library.  There are technocrats who are systematically trying to ban, re-write or otherwise remove them.
• Don’t lecture while reading, e.g., with Bitcoin kids books
• Get them involved, e.g., asking questions while reading to them
• There’s nothing more that the child wants than to be with you.  Your presence matters more than book selection.

• “Ten Little Dinosaurs (Eyeball Animation)” by Pattie Schnetzler and Jim Harris Amazon
• “How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?” by Jane Yolen and Weston Woods Amazon
• Dr. Seuss classics … “Cat in the Hat,” “Green Eggs and Ham,” etc.
• “The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories” and “The Children's Book of Virtues” by William J. Bennett Amazon
• John Taylor Gato’s “Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Edition: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling”  Amazon
• John Taylor Gato’s “Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling”  Amazon
• Michael Knowles’ “Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds”  Amazon
• George Orwell’s “1984”
• Centralized governments want control and dumbing down language is a tactic
• Jules Verne’s “Around the World in Eighty Days”
• Jules Verne’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth”
• Curious George books, especially the classical editions
• Gina and Mercer Mayer books
• Eileen Christelow’s “Five Little Moneys jumping on the bed”
• Cynthia Rylant’s “Henry and Mudge” books
• Cynthia Rylant’s “Mr. Putter and Tabby”
• Martin Handford’s “Where’s Waldo?” books for fun
• The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential’s “How to Teach Your Baby to Read (The Gentle Revolution Series)”
• Shinichi Suzuki’s “Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education”
• William and Constance Starr’s “To Learn with Love: A Companion for Suzuki Parents”

• Tali's Twitter @OrangeHatterPod
• Scott's Twitter @ScottLindberg93
• Scott's nostr npub19jkuyl0wgrj8kccqzh2vnseeql9v98ptrx407ca9qjsrr4x5j9tsnxx0q6
• Free Market Kids' Twitter @FreeMarketKids
• Orange Pill App @FreeMarketKids
• Free Market Kids' games including HODL UP https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games

We are our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

• Subscribe, like and share this podcast with others
• Crazy awesome 2024 Halving Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition
• Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,
• Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  
• Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

• 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

Mentioned in this episode:

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Jim Lord and Gabe Lord share their respective generational perspectives on being on the leading edge of homeschooling in the 1980’s.  Both are Bitcoiners.  Both are veterans.  Listen to how the values of all these areas are intertwined.  

• Perspective of 2 generations:  military family pioneering homeschooling in the 80’s.
• In this case, it was the Dad who oranged-pilled his son.
• Both bringing Bitcoin to veterans through Operation Bitcoin
• There are many correlations between veterans, Bitcoiners and homeschoolers.
• How Jim Lord and his fellow homeschooling parents responded to uniformed law enforcement serving them a subpoena for educational child neglect
• The government does NOT love you
• States receive stipends from the federal government for military dependents attending public school.  This creates unhealthly monetary incentives for the states to act against homeschooling parents.
• Government officials are typically cowards
• Testimony of how advanced students can get poor grades because they are artificially slowed down with standardized curriculum.  Smart students are bored out of their minds.
• Holding kids back emotionally and/or academically, e.g., because of financial incentives, is disturbing and the reason why taking self-custody of education is so critical.
• Bad things happen when good people don’t stand up.  But not everyone has resources to make a stand.
• Support is difficult to find because of trends, e.g. families living far away from relatives, and the need for double-income households. 
• Even if you don’t have kids yet, you can start to build support groups, e.g., veterans, homeschoolers, Bitcoiners, church, etc., early.  If you are not already part of one, then start reaching out to find/build one.
• Contrasting the experiences of the “worst” and “best” public school districts.
• Parent-child relations are so, so important.  Gabe and his Dad, Jim, exemplify how homeschooling fosters strong bonds.  And now Gabe is passing this onto his family, with his children.
• Even when both parents must work to the support the family, that does not mean they don’t have opportunities to bond and teach their children, e.g., Gabe and his daughter doing their own podcast.  
• Reading to your kids when they babies, young kids can really contribute to the parent-child bond.  Make time for reading to and with your kids.
• Parents are human too.  You make mistakes.  It’s expected and okay.  
• Homeschooling allows older children to teach younger children.  This helps both those who teach, those who are being taught, and the parents all benefit.  Sibling-to-sibling relationships are critical just like parent-child relationships.
• When kids explain ideas to other kids, the teaching-child learns better.  And they increase their confidence as well.
• Homeschooling is 100% okay in the US military.  Search on the HSLDA website for information.  Schools on military bases are plagued by the same challenges and issues facing all other public schools.
• As a kid, Gabe sold donuts door-to-door to pay for books and other materials used in their homeschool curriculum.  This is part of how Jim taught their children about money, through experience.
• Kids are always watching you.  They learn from what’s caught more than what’s taught.
• Things are more challenging today for kids to earn money.  You can’t just send them into the street.
• It never really ends.  Learning for both parents and their kids continues throughout life.  
• Nothing matters more than displaying your character on this journey.

• “Restoring the American Dream: The Defining Voice in the Movement for Liberty” by Robert Ringer  Amazon
• “The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation Is the Key to an Abundant Future” by Jeff Booth  Amazon
• Operation Bitcoin https://operationbitcoin.io
• Bitcoin Veteran podcast https://bitcoinveterans.org
• Seb Bunney’s book “The Hidden Cost of Money: How Financial Forces Shape Our Lives & the World Around Us” https://sebbunney.com/the-hidden-cost-of-money/
• Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) https://hslda.org/
• Gabe and his daughter’s podcast “More Moments” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-moments/id1709182786
• HSLDA have special resources for military homeschoolers, e.g., https://hslda.org/post/military-homeschooling-overseas (search on the site for additional military articles)
• Richard Maybury books, aka “Uncle Eric” books  Amazon
• Gabe’s twitter @GLord75  @Op_Bitcoin

• Tali's Twitter @OrangeHatterPod
• Scott's Twitter @ScottLindberg93
• Scott's nostr npub19jkuyl0wgrj8kccqzh2vnseeql9v98ptrx407ca9qjsrr4x5j9tsnxx0q6
• Free Market Kids' Twitter @FreeMarketKids
• Orange Pill App @FreeMarketKids
• Free Market Kids' games including HODL UP https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games

We are essentially our own sponsors and are so grateful for all of you who support this show.  Thank you!

• Subscribe, like and share this podcast with others
• Crazy awesome 2024 Halving Collector’s Edition of HODL UP is available at https://www.freemarketkids.com/products/hodl-up-2024-halving-limited-edition
• Visit our “Free Market Kids“ for products like the Bitcoin mining game, HODL UP  https://www.freemarketkids.com,
• Check out Tali’s podcast by and for Bitcoin women, “Orange Hatter” https://www.orangehatter.com  
• Have fun with “Proof of Work Apparel” https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/proof-of-work-apparel

• 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

Mentioned in this episode:

Aleia Free Market Kids Full