Oct 7, 2026 · 45 min · 16 segments
When parents hear that they are the primary educators of their children, it can sound like one more responsibility to carry. But what if it’s actually good news? In this episode of BaseCamp Live…
Davies OwensHost
You are a very important part of this movement that we're watching explode around us.
How did you get involved in classical Christian education? I know you had worked in aerospace before.
I worked for about, um, uh, eight months while our-- while just Robert, after he'd been born, and I just-- I couldn't numb my heart.
You're going to work." 'Cause his attitude was, "Our children will not be in daycare."
So I, um-- He was right, and, uh, I came home, um, months before our second, John, was born.
And during that time, our neighbors that were around us, we were not Christians, but our neighbors were, and they were not only just Christians, they were homeschooling.
And their families were so admirable that I wanted my growing family to be like them.
And so that's who I clung to in those early preschool years and just really learned about not just education, but they were really classically minded Christians, and so they pointed me in this direction.
And so then, of course, as we c- continued to homeschool, my husband and I eventually became Christians, and, um, you know, the Susan Wise Bauer and Doug Wilson and all the books started coming out on classical ed.
And, um, Mike Farris was a good friend, HSLDA and the lobbying movement, we've been part of all that.
And so, you know, we just grew and grew in our maturity because we were around mature Christians.
You are a very important part of this movement that we're watching explode around us.
How did you get involved in classical Christian education? I know you had worked in aerospace before.
I worked for about, um, uh, eight months while our-- while just Robert, after he'd been born, and I just-- I couldn't numb my heart.
You're going to work." 'Cause his attitude was, "Our children will not be in daycare."
So I, um-- He was right, and, uh, I came home, um, months before our second, John, was born.
And during that time, our neighbors that were around us, we were not Christians, but our neighbors were, and they were not only just Christians, they were homeschooling.
And their families were so admirable that I wanted my growing family to be like them.
And so that's who I clung to in those early preschool years and just really learned about not just education, but they were really classically minded Christians, and so they pointed me in this direction.
And so then, of course, as we c- continued to homeschool, my husband and I eventually became Christians, and, um, you know, the Susan Wise Bauer and Doug Wilson and all the books started coming out on classical ed.
And, um, Mike Farris was a good friend, HSLDA and the lobbying movement, we've been part of all that.
And so, you know, we just grew and grew in our maturity because we were around mature Christians.
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