314. Raising Hardworking, Humble Kids in an Entitled World | Casey & Jason Cashell

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

What if the best way to raise capable kids is to let them work and create beside you? Casey and Jason Cashell share how restoring their 1859 Virginia estate has shaped their family through hands-on learning, hard work, and entrepreneurship. They talk about giving kids real responsibility, letting them learn through mistakes, and helping them turn their skills into small businesses. Their story offers practical encouragement for parents who want to raise hardworking kids and homes full of purpose and partnership.

In this episode, we cover:

- How Jason and Casey found and restored an 1859 Victorian home and 37-acre estate to serve as a hub for family, business, ministry, homeschool, and hospitality all under one historic roof

- How their kids have been hands-on in every home renovation since toddlerhood and what they’ve learned from real responsibility

- Why kids often rise to higher expectations when given meaningful work and trust

- Practical ways to raise capable, competent kids even if you don’t have a homestead by simply inviting them into what you are already doing

- The heart behind raising “humble leaders” instead of entitled adults in an over-psychologized culture

- Why letting children experience struggle and failure leads to humility and long-term success

- The difference between confidence built on praise versus confidence built on true competence

- Restoring old-fashioned trades and hands-on creativity as an antidote to modern tech dependency

- Encouragement for parents who feel unequipped to teach skills– how learning with your kids is often the best approach

- Practical examples of entrepreneurship in childhood and how the Cashell kids have turned their skills into online classes

- What restoring this historic Virginia estate has meant to their family: living among the birthplaces of America’s founders and making history come alive

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0:00.0	A lot of times parents just don't realize what their kids are really capable of.
0:03.7	And, you know, we can speak firsthand of this. And so we kind of always put them in situations that
0:09.7	were beyond them. Not unsafe, obviously. But if you never stretch them, then they'll very rarely
0:15.9	amaze you. My name is Lisa, mother of nine and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse-Amboon.
0:21.9	On this podcast, I like to talk about simplifying your life so you can live out your priorities.
0:26.5	I help you learn how to cook from scratch and decorate on a budget through this podcast and my
0:31.1	courses simple sourdough in the simple sewing series.
0:34.1	I also help people reach their goals from home through my business courses and YouTube
0:38.2	Success Academy. I will leave links to these resources in the show notes and description box below.
0:42.9	Now let's get into the show. Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. Today is my first
0:53.2	interview back after having Baby Miriam. So that's a fun
0:57.2	new thing to navigate podcast episodes and little babies, but we're making it work. I'm going to be
1:04.3	interviewing Jason and Casey from Mayhurst Estate. We're going to talk about raising capable,
1:10.7	competent kids, teaching them skills,
1:12.9	and then also hear a little bit about their renovation journey with Mayhurst, the beautiful
1:18.1	estate they purchased back in 2020. I think you're going to find this interview interesting and
1:22.9	encouraging. Jason and Casey, welcome on. I'm super excited to have you. We've been following each other, I believe, for quite a while. You know, there's lots of things that pop up on the internet. And every time you guys pop up, I'm like, oh, that place is so beautiful. So let's start with some introductions. Tell us about your Mayhurst estate and, you know, just like a general overview of your family. And then we can talk about your
1:44.4	artisan kids hub and all of that good stuff. We have a lot to unpack.
1:49.0	All right. Sounds great. Thanks for having us on. We've loved being able to follow you guys as
1:53.9	well. You're always, you've inspired me for years and years before we ever even connected on
1:58.7	Instagram. Well, so a little bit about Mayhurst. We bought it five
2:03.2	years ago three weeks before COVID. It is an 1859 Victorian estate built by James Madison's family.
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