Ep. 806 Homeschooling Shouldn't Intimidate You
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2016
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Laura Blodgett, a homeschooling mom of 7, addresses the fears and misconceptions of homeschooling shared by friends and foes alike.
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| 0:00.0 | The Tom Woods Show, episode 806. |
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| 0:30.9 | Hi, everybody, Tom Woods here. We have not talked about homeschooling on this show for a long time. |
| 0:36.2 | I mean, here and there, somebody brings it up. We did an episode with Anna Martin, the Libertarian homeschooling on this show for a long time. I mean, here and there, somebody brings it up. |
| 0:38.3 | We did an episode with Anna Martin, the Libertarian homeschooler some time ago, but by and |
| 0:43.6 | large, we haven't talked about it. And today, we are talking to a very successful homeschooler, |
| 0:49.5 | Laura Blodgett, who, by the way, is also a member of the Supporting Listeners program of this here show. |
| 0:55.8 | You can see her in the private Facebook group, which is only one of the many benefits of |
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| 1:05.0 | She taught her own seven kids at home, and she knows an awful lot about how to be successful as a homeschooler. She's the |
| 1:13.4 | author of many books. She has several blogs, among them the happy libertarian.com, and fun fitness |
| 1:21.0 | after 50.com, with the number 50 written as a number. She also joined us on the Contra Cruise, by the way. So maybe we'll |
| 1:29.4 | have a moment to say a word about that. Laura, welcome to the show. Hi, Tom. It's good to be here. |
| 1:34.1 | I haven't talked homeschooling on the show for quite a while. I was looking back at earlier episodes, |
| 1:39.6 | and I think I had Anna Martin on about two years ago or something. She's the libertarian homeschooler. |
| 1:44.4 | Yes, I remember hearing that one. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a great one. But it's, you know, |
| 1:48.0 | it was a while ago. So I know I've had a lot more listeners since then. And I know there are a lot |
| 1:52.8 | of people on the fence about homeschooling because they already get the benefits. Although, |
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