In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett are joined by Karen Swallow Prior to discuss selecting university education, particularly for Christians homeschool graduates.

• Dr. Prior’s substack
• Dr. Prior’s website
• You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful by Karen Swallow Prior
• The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis by Karen Swallow Prior

• (00:00) - Intro with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior
• (00:35) - The purpose of this conversation
• (02:47) - Susan and Karen's backgrounds
• (05:48) - Personal experiences
• (12:34) - How to evaluate universities with your student
• (17:26) - Differences between secondary and university Christian roles
• (20:48) - Education being "safe"
• (25:06) - The four-year degree and the readiness of a student
• (27:29) - The college litmus test
• (29:54) - Break
• (30:55) - The fear of indoctrination
• (44:54) - How to ensure a vigorous education
• (49:16) - "The search for truth" as a basis for education
• (51:13) - Looping back around to Karen's tenure as a principal
• (53:13) - Going back to teaching at an institution?
• (54:42) - What Karen's up to now
• (56:18) - Outro

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett welcome Rachael Denhollander to the podcast to discuss homeschooling and abuse.

• Illinois case mentioned in the episode
• Book mentioned: Homeschooled by Stefan Merrill Block
• Links on biblical counseling movement
  • When Restoration Hurts via Christianity Today
  • The Rise of Biblical Counseling via Pacific Standard

• (00:00) - Introduction with Rachael Denhollander
• (03:36) - Understanding abuse in homeschooling
• (05:10) - Defining the categories of abuse
• (08:38) - Isolation and ultimate authority
• (17:33) - How to teach when authority is overstepping
• (22:48) - How to teach when and how to say "no"
• (27:40) - Break
• (28:17) - Authority is not absolute
• (32:04) - What to look for
• (36:52) - What is reasonable government oversight?
• (54:23) - What to look out for
• (57:38) - What should we be asking ourselves?
• (01:01:31) - Outro

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett talk about parenting styles and discipline strategies with psychologist and homeschool veteran Dr. Melanie Wilson. Dr. Wilson has her own podcast, The Homeschool Sanity Show. She also sells curricula and homeschool tools at Fun to Learn Books.

• (00:00) - Intro with Dr. Melanie Wilson
• (00:47) - Revisiting FlyLady
• (01:50) - Discipline and parenting style in homeschooling and how it has changed
• (10:04) - "Too hard" vs "Too soft" discipline styles
• (14:38) - How to set boundaries in a non-authoritarian way
• (20:38) - Break
• (21:38) - How to setup healthy boundaries?
• (28:45) - How to model behavior for a toddler
• (39:55) - Acknowledging childhood trauma
• (46:34) - Try to relax. Pay attention. Make tweaks.
• (49:54) - Outro