The Unexpected Benefits of Homeschooling Together
Homeschool Better Together
Emily Brown
4.8 • 697 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Ever bribe your kids with snacks just so everyone gets through “group time” without a meltdown? Been there, done that. For a long time, I thought the best way to cut the chaos was to keep my kids separated—both in life and in homeschooling. Spoiler: All that did was up my stress and leave my relationships running on empty.
In this episode, I’m getting super honest about how I finally embraced the real meaning behind “homeschool better together.” From my early days of keeping squabbling siblings apart (for my own sanity) to the messy, miraculous shift of bringing everyone to the table, I’m sharing what it actually takes to create a peaceful, connected homeschool—and why it’s absolutely not just about the academics.
We’ll talk about the nitty-gritty of navigating sibling drama, the emotional marathon that is homeschooling, and why mom-friends (the ones in the trenches with you) matter just as much as your lesson plans. Plus, I’ll share the “aha” moment that connected the dots between running an ultramarathon and needing community as a homeschool mom.
Whether you’re burned out from breaking up arguments, longing for real support, or just want a homeschool that feels less lonely, this episode is for YOU.
What you'll learn:
- Why “homeschooling together” used to terrify me (and what changed)
- The hidden pitfalls of separating siblings for “peace”
- How bringing your kids together shapes more than just academics—it builds character and relationships
- The messy, slow process of learning to guide sibling conflict, not just survive it
- Why finding your homeschool “people” (peer or mentor) is vital—and not just a nice-to-have
- What running an ultramarathon taught me about support, encouragement, and shared struggle
- Practical encouragement for moms who feel isolated, exhausted, or unsure “together” will ever work
Your Next Steps:
- Join our email list to be the first to hear the details about the Homeschool Better Together Elevate Program (doors opening this summer)! Sign up for the email list here and receive our free planning pages.
- Feeling stuck and alone? Join our supportive, online community for free!
- Share this episode with a homeschool mom who needs to know she’s not alone
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Are you ready for homeschooling to feel joyful again? |
| 0:06.7 | Do you long for support as you learn alongside your kids? |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to homeschool Better Together, a podcast about building a homeschool experience that works for your family. |
| 0:16.5 | I'm Lainie Holman, and it's time to step out of the overwhelm and into the wonder. |
| 0:21.2 | Let's do this. |
| 0:24.8 | I'm going to tell you a secret. |
| 0:27.0 | For a long time, I avoided teaching my kids together. |
| 0:30.9 | So today's episode is going to be all about me telling you my story about how I transitioned to really embracing the philosophy |
| 0:40.8 | that we have about homeschooling better together here. So I have to go way back to the beginning |
| 0:46.7 | to kind of set the stage, I guess. And that is I had two little boys pretty close in age. |
| 0:52.0 | They were very academically far apart. |
| 0:55.2 | And they got along okay for the first few years. |
| 1:00.8 | And then as they got to be a little older and have stronger opinions about things in life and you added another sibling or two into the mix, those school-age kids really began bickering a lot. |
| 1:13.1 | They would fuss, they would fight, they would argue. |
| 1:16.1 | And I had so much going on that often I resorted to just separating them |
| 1:21.1 | because I wanted the, I wanted the bickering to stop, right? |
| 1:26.2 | And that was the easiest solution that I could find. Well, when it came to |
| 1:30.5 | our homeschool, I found that I was resorting to the same kind of philosophy. I was pulling everybody |
| 1:37.1 | apart because it was too much effort and energy on my part to have them all come together because every time we did and we tried to do |
| 1:48.2 | activities together, somebody was frustrated, somebody was arguing, and it just, there was a lot of |
| 1:55.5 | tension and it felt hard and it felt easier to separate everybody and to do school with this child |
| 2:02.5 | and then school with this child. |
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