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EPISODE · Aug 11, 2025 · 53 MIN

1. Why We Decided to Try Homeschooling -- The Million Little Reasons

from Well This Wasn't The Plan! · host Carson and Teran Sands

Send us Fan MailHomeschooling wasn't the original plan. As two full-time working parents with three kids thriving in an excellent public school, homeschooling never crossed our minds. Yet here we are, embarking on this unexpected journey.For us, it wasn't one dramatic event but countless small moments that gradually revealed the system wasn't serving our children. We realized we were fighting to maintain a schedule that made everyone miserable while simultaneously delegating more and more of our parenting responsibilities to a school whose values didn't always align with ours.This podcast chronicles our real-time journey navigating homeschool curriculum, maintaining our CPA firm, preserving our sanity, and rediscovering joy in learning and family time. We'll share our curriculum choices, daily schedules, mistakes, triumphs, and the brutally honest reality of what happens when type-A professionals with zero teaching experience decide to educate their children at home. We don't know exactly where this path leads, but we're committed to transparency about every step along the way.Support the showOur Curriculum we LOVEHomeschool + Working Parents Guide (The Step-by-Step Guide to Your First Year)Follow us on IG Find Our Free PDFs!The reading app we LOVE!The phone we have with NO social media and NO internet browser!

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