Homestead Education

08/13/2026

When did being a part of your family become abusive?

Parentification is defined as a role reversal where a child is forced to act like a caregiver for their siblings. This definition also includes cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping.

The key term in the definition is having these responsibilities that aren’t age appropriate. THAT I agree with. What I don’t agree with is young adults or misguided authority figures (like counselors or school officials) labeling healthy responsibility as a form of abuse. Also, every family is different. The amount of responsibility farm kids have may feel astronomical to another family.

When we tell children at any age that their roll within the family is to not be a functioning member of the family (or society), they turn into legal adults that are no more than a child. The stress, fear, and failure to launch that they experience as young adults with no accountability, understanding of relationships, and an entitlement towards responsibility is far more emotionally damaging!

Multigenerational families were the norm historically which gave older kids an opportunity to learn how to parent, run a home, and maintain finances. As younger children aged, they were able to step into the household chores roll and often the care of younger nieces and nephews.

It blows my mind that we actually live in a world that carrying your fair share in life is considered abusive. 🙄

PS: I am not referring to true neglect. I’m referring to well cared for children with responsibilities (even if it’s pushing on non age appropriate, that’s how they grow).

If you’re wanting resources to teach your kids responsibility and independence, consider looking at one of our homestead student planners this school year along with our skills based curriculum.

Comment “FOOD” and I’ll send you the link. Or visit my link in bio.

➡️What chores do your kids have?

08/12/2026

Introducing Boundary County Fair King, Wyatt Sanders! He worked so hard for this all summer. He gathered letters of recommendation, wrote essays and articles, did panel interviews, and hours of community service all while working with Hall Mountain Volunteer Fire Department. This week he is showing his pig at fair, completing his royalty duties, AND staring with the high school foot ball team!

I’m one proud mama!

08/10/2026

Math? Check.
English? Check.
Science and history? Check.

But can your kids apply what they’ve learned when life doesn’t come with an answer key?

Can they grow food, understand where it comes from, manage money, solve real problems, care for animals, build something useful—or recognize when the “easy” answer is a terrible idea?

Education should prepare kids for more than the next test. It should prepare them to be capable adults.

The Homestead Education combines strong academics with agriculture, food systems, business, personal responsibility, and practical skills—because raising test-takers was never the end goal.

We’re raising kids who know how to do things.

Save 20% on curriculum through August 11 with code B2HOME.

What’s one skill you believe every kid should learn before adulthood?

08/08/2026

I didn’t create Homestead Science because I thought every child should become a farmer.

I created it because I realized almost every child graduates school depending on a food system they barely understand.

Food is one of the few things that touches every subject.

Science explains how plants grow, animals function, and ecosystems work together.

Economics helps us understand markets, supply and demand, and the cost of producing food.

History tells the story of civilizations built around agriculture.

Nutrition connects directly to our health.

Yet we often teach these subjects separately, making it harder for students to see how they fit together.

Homestead Science brings those connections to life.

Students don’t just memorize information—they begin to understand the relationships between food, people, science, and the world around them.

The goal isn’t simply to grow a garden.

The goal is to raise young adults who are curious, capable, and confident enough to understand and care for the systems they’ll rely on for the rest of their lives.

Whether your family has a backyard, a balcony, or a full homestead, these lessons are designed to meet you where you are.

More than 20,000 families, co-ops, and schools have already chosen Homestead Science.

If you’ve been considering it for this school year, now is the perfect time.

🎉 20% OFF through August 11

Use code B2HOME at checkout.

Comment FOOD and I’ll send you a free sample to explore before you decide.

Do your kids do the chicken chores, but you still feel like you are having to micromanage your homestead? Download the free Chicken Coop Responsibility Chart.

08/06/2026

One of the biggest misconceptions I run into is that agriculture education is only for kids who live on farms.

I understand why people think that.

For years, agriculture has been presented as a career path instead of something every family should understand.

But agriculture isn’t just tractors and livestock.

It’s our food and nutrition. The ecology of our land and the economics of our country.

It’s understanding why grocery prices change, why pollinators matter, how healthy soil produces healthy food, and how communities are connected through local and global food systems.

Whether your family lives on 100 acres, in a subdivision, or in the middle of a city, your children participate in the food system every single day.

I believe every child deserves an agriculture education because every child depends on agriculture.

That’s why I created Homestead Education.

Our curriculum combines science, food systems, economics, history, and practical problem-solving into lessons that help students understand the world they actually live in.

🌱 Kindergarten through High School

📚 Homeschool • Co-op • Private School • ESA

🎉 Our Back to Homeschool Sale is happening now!

Save 20% through August 11 with code B2HOME.

Comment FOOD and I’ll send you a free sample so you can see exactly how it works.

Homestead Education curriculum and courses teach real-world skills - Get food, farming, and the science behind it. All in a way that actually sticks.

08/06/2026

Apparently I need to clear something up:

I do not believe you need a homestead to homeschool.

I do not believe every homeschooled child needs to become a farmer.

I do not believe agriculture education should replace all other academics.

What I do believe is that every child deserves to understand the systems that keep human beings alive.

Food is not a niche topic. Agriculture is not only vocational. And self-sufficiency is not only for people with acreage.

Your child can become a doctor, engineer, mechanic, attorney, artist, entrepreneur, or anything else—and still benefit from understanding soil, nutrition, food systems, economics, preservation, local sourcing, and personal responsibility.

Agriculture literacy has been defined as understanding the food and fiber system and its economic, social, environmental, and historical significance. That is not “farm life.” That is life.

Homestead Science was created to make agriculture education accessible to homeschool families, co-ops, and small schools—whether you have 40 acres, a backyard garden, or a grocery store and a kitchen table.

Because ownership in food creates ownership in life.

Comment “food” if you want the link to see samples.

08/04/2026

Homeschool days don’t always look perfect. They look even less perfect when you live on a farm!

Everyone still smells from morning chores (or maybe I just have a lot of boys 🤷‍♀️), dogs are running through the house, there’s flies and mud and dirty boots no matter how many time you clean. Then once you finally get everyone settled in for some learning, one of hollers:

“THE COWS ARE OUT” 🐄

With that, the boots are back on and everyone’s running out the door with dogs jumping and barking everywhere.

Those are the mornings I accept that I get to drink my coffee in silence and my kids are getting their “language arts enrichment” for the day. 🤷‍♀️ Cause if you’ve ever worked cows with your dad, new words get invented on the fly!

➡️What’s something you’ve given up on when homeschooling on your farm?

Follow and share your “oh well, at least they’re doing something” moments in the comments! ⬇️