#158: A “Good Education” Might Be a Lie… Here’s What Actually Matters

About this episode

Cheryl discusses with Todd Marchand the importance of building family life around values rather than conventional measures of success in education.

What happens when you stop measuring “success” by convenience—and start building your family life around your deepest values? In this episode of The Homeschool How To Podcast, Cheryl sits down with homeschool dad Todd Marchand, founder of Be Whole Do Good, to talk about what it really looks like to raise kids with resilience, emotional tools, and a strong sense of identity—without turning your home into a lecture hall. Todd shares how their family found a hybrid homeschool rhythm, why “a good...

People in this episode

Host: Cheryl

Guest: Todd Marchand

Topics covered

• education
• homeschooling
• family values
• resilience
• identity
• parenting

Keywords

• homeschool
• education
• family life
• values
• resilience
• parenting
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Be Whole Do Good

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