91. Craig Harrison and Your Child's Best Teacher
01/18/25 • 48 min
In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Craig Harrison from Minnesota. Craig is an engineer, former Uber driver, homeschool father of two boys, and the author of Your Child’s Best Teacher: A Father’s Perspective on Home Education. As the principal home educator in his home, Craig has a unique perspective on homeschooling. In our discussion, we discover how Craig and his spouse decided that he would take on the role of primary educator of their sons. We also discuss the importance of a positive mindset in homeschooling, the role of family in education, and the broader societal impacts of homeschooling. Craig offers insights into balancing personal and educational aspirations, and he gives us his thoughts and advice about helping our children make decisions regarding various postsecondary and career paths.
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Your Child’s Best Teacher: A Father’s Perspective on Home EducationThe Abolition of Man
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In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Craig Harrison from Minnesota. Craig is an engineer, former Uber driver, homeschool father of two boys, and the author of Your Child’s Best Teacher: A Father’s Perspective on Home Education. As the principal home educator in his home, Craig has a unique perspective on homeschooling. In our discussion, we discover how Craig and his spouse decided that he would take on the role of primary educator of their sons. We also discuss the importance of a positive mindset in homeschooling, the role of family in education, and the broader societal impacts of homeschooling. Craig offers insights into balancing personal and educational aspirations, and he gives us his thoughts and advice about helping our children make decisions regarding various postsecondary and career paths.
Books
Your Child’s Best Teacher: A Father’s Perspective on Home EducationThe Abolition of Man
Outliers
Websites
Jordan Peterson
This Golden Hour
Free eBook Course
thisgoldenhour.org
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Transcript
We've been able to be flexible, which is a great advantage of home education. And it's much, much better to have a positive reason to keep you going rather than just a negative reason. Reason why you're pushing back against because when it gets hard and it does get hard at times you have that, that strong positive to look forward to.
Timmy EatonHi, I'm Timmy Eaton, homeschool father of six and doc
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