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Parenting and Education with Matt Beaudreau

Robert Sikes

• February 14th, 2022

Have you ever considered an unconventional schooling method for your children? Matt Beaudreau has taken his philosophy for life preparation and child-rearing to schools all over the country, where attendees are called heroes and are taught essential life skills and figure out who they really are. As a soon-to-be parent, I found this episode extremely enlightening and I hope you will as well.

What we talked about in this episode:

Matt's background in education and working with young people (2:01)
Self-education and personal growth (4:18)
The difference between schooling and education (5:38)
The first five years of a child's life as the most impressionable time in regards to mindset (5:56)
Obedience as the main focus of conventional schooling (8:02)
How academics have changed over the last couple generations (13:06)
Following a career path that leads to happiness and fulfillment (18:26)
Viable options for education these days (20:22)
How education has evolved and the creation of conventional education (21:08)
The parents' role in in determining personality traits and success in education (22:15)
What parents can do in those first formative years to build the skills needed to succeed in life (24:24)
Exposing your children to various different experiences (27:25)
Showing your children what's possible through hard work (28:27)
Raising your children in a way that ensures other people enjoy spending time with them (30:43)
Setting the stage for proper discipline (33:53)
11 Rules (37:43)
Empowering yourself by taking responsibility for your own life (39:23)
Finding happiness through seeking responsibility and helping others (40:25)
Introducing children to technology (41:35)
Technology addiction and its effects on this generation (45:27)
Matt's school structure (49:23)
Heroes, not students (56:28)
Success stories from past heroes (57:34)
Reflecting on past mistakes as a parents and course correction once realizing the mistake (58:20)