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Honey should we homeschool?
Tom and Leah
Frequency: 1 episode/50d. Total Eps: 21
Join us, Tom and Leah, UK based parents, on a deep dive into both the school and home education systems as we try and figure out which route is best for our children.We'll be exploring some of the most talked about challenges of both home and state funded education methods. Trying to take an objective view and using scientific research where possible. We will also be interviewing people from both sides of these drastically different worlds. Whether you're interested in potentially home schooling or just fascinated as to why people would, we look forward to sharing what we find with you.
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Ep 19: What Happens When Homeschooling Lacks Socialisation? How Parental Fears Led to Social Isolation – with Guest, Ethan
Season 1 · Episode 19
mardi 14 octobre 2025 • Duration 01:28:34
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️
In this episode we're joined by guest Ethan and we'll be finding out what it's like to grow up homeschooled in a religious household with little social interaction? In this powerful episode, Ethan shares his honest story of being homeschooled from childhood through to his teens, and how his parents’ fears about the outside world shaped his experience.
We talk about the importance of socialisation in homeschooling, the impact of isolation on confidence and friendships, and what he wishes had been different. Whether you’re considering home education or already on that path, this episode offers a thoughtful look at how fear, faith, and family values can shape a child’s homeschooling journey.
As always, thank you so much for tuning in!
If you have any further questions for Ethan or ourselves get in touch via email at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com or check out our socials linked below.
And don’t forget to leave us a review if you’ve enjoyed the podcast.
We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
See you next time! :)
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Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
Ep 18: Home Schooling in New Zealand: One Man’s Lifelong Journey Outside the System - with guest, Davo
Season 1 · Episode 18
lundi 4 août 2025 • Duration 50:21
What’s it like to be homeschooled your entire life, with seven siblings, in New Zealand?
In this episode, we talk to a journalist who was home educated from birth through to further education, without ever setting foot in a traditional school.
We dig into everything from socialisation and sibling dynamics to how he tackled exams, discovered his passion for journalism, and whether he’d home educate his own future children. He shares honest reflections on what worked, what was tricky, and what he wishes more people understood about home education.
Whether you're considering homeschooling in New Zealand, the UK, or anywhere else, this is a rare and insightful peek into what lifelong home education can really look like.
If you’ve enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend :)
Thanks for being here and we’ll see you in the next one!
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Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
Ep 11: Leaving the classroom: A secondary school teacher’s journey to home education – with guest, Karen Howden
vendredi 28 février 2025 • Duration 01:24:55
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️
Today, we're thrilled to be joined by Karen Howden, a former secondary school language teacher (whose partner was a primary school teacher!) who made the bold decision to leave her job and home educate her children. If you know someone who would love to hear this interview, please share it with them!
To connect with Karen and learn more about her home education journey, you can find her on Instagram: @thehowdenfam
Or feel free to email her at: thehowdenfam@gmail.com
Links mentioned in this episode:
Fun Science UK
As always, thank you so much for tuning in!
We'd love to hear from you. Feel free to get in touch via email at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com,
Or follow us on Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool,
And find us on Facebook: Honey Should We Homeschool
Or check us out on YouTube: Honey Should We Homeschool YouTube
We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
See you next time! :)
Follow us on
Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool,
Facebook: Honey Should We Homeschool
YouTube: Honey Should We Homeschool YouTube
Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
Ep 10: Should We Be Worried About the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill?
Season 1 · Episode 10
samedi 1 février 2025 • Duration 33:21
Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️
Today’s hot topic is The “Children’s well being and schools bill”.
WARNING - This episode contains some discussion about murder that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised. If you would like to skip this part, go straight to 1:55
If you would like to know more about the case you can read about it here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr3vygvyy7o
To read the full bill go here - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0151/240151.pdf
To check its current status head here - https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909
Read some summarized versions of the bill here - https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/the-childrens-wellbeing-bill-what-parents-need-to-know/
and here - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/childrens-bill-to-keep-children-safe-from-exploitation
The article referencing numbers of home educated children in Cornwall - https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/cornwall/news/rise-homeschooling-cornwall-since-pandemic/
If you’d like to learn more about the Children’s University after my quite vague explanation, go here! - https://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk
If you’ve enjoyed todays episode, please share with someone else you think may appreciate it :)
As always, thank you so much for listening and if you’d like to get in touch you can drop us an email at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com
We love hearing from you <3
See you next time :)
Follow us on
Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool,
Facebook: Honey Should We Homeschool
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Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
Ep 9: Do Homeschoolers Need the National Curriculum? What it is and Why it May Not Matter
Season 1 · Episode 9
jeudi 24 octobre 2024 • Duration 40:31
Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️
Today we’re discussing the UK curriculum (mostly primary curriculum) and whether we need to or even ‘should’ follow it?
Most of the information discussed today can be found on the gov.uk website here - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum
To find the info on how academies work head here - https://www.gov.uk/types-of-school/academies#:~:text=Academies%20have%20more%20control%20over,it%20must%20become%20an%20academy.
To find the statistics mentioned about academies head here - https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk
To read more about the evolution of the curriculum head here - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmchilsch/344/34405.htm
To read the article about introducing computing to the curriculum head here - https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/englands-computing-curriculum-a-clash-of-values-beliefs-and-purpose
To read the article by Mr Joshua Vallance - https://mrvallanceteach.wordpress.com/2021/03/13/curriculum-what-are-we-really-talking-about/
To see the adorable video of Japanese children learning about bus etiquette head here - https://www.facebook.com/kacchalimbooindia/videos/this-is-a-courtesy-lesson-taught-to-elementary-school-children-in-japan/1577289989363419/
To hear Izzy Garbutts speech head here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKrpYo9N5hs&t=52s
As always, thank you so much for listening and if you’d like to get in touch you can drop us an email at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com or DM us on FB or instagram. We love hearing from you <3
See you next time :)
Follow us on
Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool,
Facebook: Honey Should We Homeschool
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Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
Ep 8: 19 Years of Homeschooling - Guest Appearance with Author and Veteran Homeschooler John Dale
Season 1 · Episode 8
mercredi 28 août 2024 • Duration 01:09:55
Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️
Today we speak to author and home educating father of 3. John, who has been home educating for 19 years, has recently shared his home ed experiences in his new book “this is not a school”. We pick his brains about all things home ed, from how to deal with self doubt and anxiety around homeschooling to how to tackle those trickier subjects like algebra!
To get Johns book head over to Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/13xMnmp
Or listen on https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6956884
Head over to our instagram to see the illustration mentioned in the podcast.
As always, thanks for listening and feel free to drop us a message by email - honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com
We love hearing from you ❤️
Follow us on
Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool,
Facebook: Honey Should We Homeschool
YouTube: Honey Should We Homeschool YouTube
Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
Ep 7: Life After Worldschooling - With Guest, Worldschooling Graduate Naia
Season 1 · Episode 7
jeudi 27 juin 2024 • Duration 34:46
Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️
In this episode we are interviewing an alumni of worldschooling. We'll be asking the questions on everybody's minds about how homeschooling can work to someone who has lived through it and had the same questions asked throughout her life.
The biggest thanks to Naia for agreeing to come and chat with us, it was so enjoyable talking to her and incredibly interesting to hear her experiences coming from a worldschooled background.
Find Naia on Instagram @djswagzilla
Check out her blog - https://www.skyrunninggirl.com/
Buy her book - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLG5BH2V?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_A01YZM0Q4C0NM2RCGBKN
Find Naia’s mum Julie on Instagram @wanderschooling
Or at her website https://www.wanderschool.com
As always, thank you so much for tuning in!
Love this episode?! Tell us why via email at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com,
And don’t forget to leave us a review and share the podcast with a friend if you’ve enjoyed it.
See you next time! :)
Follow us on
Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool,
Facebook: Honey Should We Homeschool
YouTube: Honey Should We Homeschool YouTube
Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
Ep 6: Success or failure? Honest Answers to Your Toughest Questions
Season 1 · Episode 6
vendredi 22 mars 2024 • Duration 39:08
Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️
In this episode we'll be chatting about some of the questions we have been asked, including topics like 'what have they learnt today?', 'do you have a schedule' and others. We figured this might be a good topic to talk about as it's likely anybody embarking on this journey will get asked these by friends and family at some point.
Time Stamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:00 - How do you measure progress when home educating?
08:45 - “What’s he learnt today?!”
18:55 - Do we have a schedule?
23:50 - How goes the socialising?
26:15 - Should he be able to read yet?
30:36 - Summary
Links mentioned in this episode:
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/helm/dev/ncc-presentation/page_four.html - this has a very helpful video of how small peoples hand grow, and they aren’t “fully developed” until they’re 14.
As always, thank you so much for tuning in!
Got a burning question?! Get in touch via email at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com,
And don’t forget to leave us a review and share the podcast with a friend if you’ve enjoyed it.
See you next time! :)
Follow us on
Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool,
Facebook: Honey Should We Homeschool
YouTube: Honey Should We Homeschool YouTube
Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
Ep 5: Why We Chose to Homeschool - Our Family's Journey and Decision Making Process
Season 1 · Episode 5
jeudi 28 septembre 2023 • Duration 31:27
Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️
In this episode we share with you our decision and the key reasons that ultimately led us to it. We explore some of these reasons in more detail to help understand our mindset around it, and the challenges that we have experienced since making our choice. We also discuss the future of the podcast!
As always, thank you so much for tuning in!
Get in touch via email at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com,
And don’t forget to leave us a review or share with a friend if you’ve enjoyed the podcast.
We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
See you next time! :)
Follow us on
Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool,
Facebook: Honey Should We Homeschool
YouTube: Honey Should We Homeschool YouTube
Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
Ep 4: What's the Right Age to Start School? Difference of opinion?
Season 1 · Episode 4
mercredi 9 août 2023 • Duration 25:29
Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️
In this episode we look at the age at which children start school in various countries around the world. We try to dig into why these differ so much and whether there are any benefits of starting school earlier rather than later or vice versa, and consequently whether this impacts our thinking around home schooling.
As always, thank you so much for tuning in!
Let us know what you think about todays episode! Get in touch via email at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com,
And don’t forget to leave us a review if you’ve enjoyed the podcast.
We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
See you next time! :)
Follow us on
Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool,
Facebook: Honey Should We Homeschool
YouTube: Honey Should We Homeschool YouTube
Making a podcast actually costs money (annoying, we know), and we don’t do ads for mattresses (yet). But if you’ve ever laughed, nodded along, or shouted “YES!” at an episode, consider tossing a coin, no matter how small, to your podcasters! ♡ - https://buymeacoffee.com/honeyshouldwehomeschool
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