299. Would You Let a Chatbot Homeschool Your Child?
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever wonder what’s at stake when we hand over our children’s education to automation and AI? In this episode, we explore how the rise of influencer-driven resources and tech-powered learning tools is reshaping homeschooling—and what we risk losing when we outsource the most human parts of education.
We discuss why real learning thrives on meaningful connection, hands-on experiences, and the expertise of educators and parents who care deeply about kids, not just content. As homeschooling changes, let’s remember to center our children’s education on relationships, shared adventures, and the joy of learning together.
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| 0:00.0 | Looking for a great math program? |
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| 0:23.6 | I tried my best to help, but I ended up in tears as well. That very night, I received |
| 0:29.0 | an email offer for CTC Math. The following Monday, we reviewed the curriculum together. |
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| 0:48.3 | In the last several years, |
| 0:51.3 | there's been a shift from companies that teach specific programs |
| 0:55.3 | to online influencers who act as spokespeople for anything related to homeschool. |
| 1:02.1 | And you can see that shift. |
| 1:03.8 | It used to be when I was raising kids that there were curricula available that we could hold in our hands |
| 1:10.3 | and look at at conferences or at a used curriculum fair. |
| 1:14.6 | And those pieces of curricula were meant to instruct, and they were usually developed by human beings who were interested in education, maybe had some expertise. |
| 1:27.1 | Today, we see a lot of people advocating for homeschool online, but they end up being representatives |
| 1:33.6 | for all kinds of that affiliate culture stuff, everything from materials to homeschool with, |
| 1:41.8 | to backyard play equipment, to trips abroad, to actual programs. |
| 1:48.5 | And what this means now is that the affiliate culture has created this interesting change |
| 1:56.1 | of emphasis for how we shop for the materials that will create the homeschools for our kids. Combine that |
| 2:04.4 | with the rapid rise of automation, the influx of money from the tech industry, and the increased |
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