Hey friends Julie Bogart here from Brave Rider.

Thank you for listening to another episode from A Brave Writers Life in Brief.

If you're new to my podcast, I am Julie Bogart, the founder and creator of Brave Writer, which

is an online writing program.

It includes classes, digital download manuals, and a brand new homeschooling community space called

The Brave Learner Home.

I homeschooled for 17 years, I have five adult kids,

and our team of Brave Writers staff

have been working with homeschool families for 20 years.

We are excited to have you join us today for today's topic.

Before we dive into this week's episode,

I'd like to respond to a comment I received from a listener about last week's episode,

episode 11 about marriage and divorce.

This listener stated,

dominant culture is pretty blatant about its belief

that a healthy family is one with a mom and a dad living together,

married.

Other versions of family are quote unquote broken, risk factors, and cause for trauma.

I hear these problematic values in your words, even when talking about your own family.

Thanks for the opportunity to respond to this comment.

There are myriad ways for people to be family

and to have a healthy experience of childhood,

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