1KHO 819: You Are the Expert of Your Child | Mandy Davis, The Homeschool Bible

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The most needed parts of childhood are disappearing right in front of us, and former school principal Mandy Davis believes parents need to pay attention. In her second appearance on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Mandy shares why she walked away from a career in education, what finally convinced her to homeschool her own children, and why so many parents have been taught to trust institutions more than themselves. Ginny and Mandy talk about the myths surrounding homeschooling, the surprising freedom that comes from building an education around a real child instead of a system, and why confidence (not credentials) is often the missing ingredient. Whether you're homeschooling, considering it, or simply wondering if there might be a better way to support your child's growth, this conversation is a powerful reminder that nobody knows your child better than you do. Find Mandy at Home Built Education and get your copy of The Homeschool Bible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:02.2	My name is Jenny Ariton, the founder of 1000 Hours Outside.
0:05.0	And Mandy Davis is back.
0:06.8	I'm so excited.
0:07.6	We're going to be talking about your new book.
0:10.0	It's called The Home School Bible.
0:11.8	And this is your second book.
0:14.0	The other book talked about your journey from being a principal, a school principal, toward home education.
0:20.4	So welcome back and huge congratulations on
0:22.6	the homeschool Bible. It is beautiful. Oh, thank you so much. I'm so glad to be back on.
0:28.0	Yes. Okay. So the homeschool Bible, everything you need to build a thriving home education.
0:31.6	The backstory we've talked about before so you can, you know, keep it kind of as brief as you want.
0:36.4	People can go back and listen a little bit more.
0:38.0	But this is, I would say, a somewhat common thing that happens where someone is actually
0:46.2	in the school system.
0:47.2	Now, you're a principal.
0:48.8	So that's, you know, even you have, I think, even more insight into processes and administration and how
0:57.5	do edicts get passed down and how to implement these things schoolwide, more so than a teacher
1:02.9	in a classroom. But people that are in the education field end up home educating.
1:10.6	Right. I did. Right. So tell us... the education field end up home educating.
1:11.1	Right. I did.
1:12.9	Right.
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