1KHO 774: Homeschool is Not a Fringe Choice | Rachel Kovac, Their Future is Shining Bright
4/20/20261 hr 5 min
Rachel Kovac returns for her third appearance on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich for a conversation that gets right to the heart of what so many families are thinking but do not always say out loud: the high school years matter deeply, adolescence is not a stage to hand over casually, and homeschooling through graduation can be thoughtful, rigorous, connected, and full of real hope. This episode is about more than transcripts and college plans. It is about protecting wonder, resisting conformity, building strong family relationships, and helping teens step into adulthood with substance, clarity, and confidence. Rachel brings wisdom, research, and lived experience to a conversation that feels steadying in the best way, especially for parents who have loved homeschooling in the early years but feel unsure about what comes next. Explore Rachel’s work and grab Their Future Is Shining Bright here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ginny Yurich· Host0:32
My name is Ginny Orton, the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, and I'm here with someone who has a book launching this week. Go get your copy. Rachel Kovac, the author of Their Future is Shining Bright: A Guide to Homeschooling in High School and Equipping Your Child For Success and Fulfillment in Adulthood. Rachel, congratulations Thank you, Ginny Okay, book launch week c- can kind of be hard. You kind of feel like the world should stop because it's so much work to make a book and to... Like, okay, the, the process is you have to write a proposal, then you have to pitch the proposal. So like for the two of us, it's like, okay, I've been a mom for the last, you know, however many years. I'm like, "I've never talked to any professionals in 20 years" [laughs] You know? [laughs] Right? So they like throw- Yeah ... you in this Zoom meeting with people who have like actual jobs, you know, on a day-to-day, and you have to be like, act like you kind of feel that way, too. [laughs] So then you have to pitch, you have to pitch yourself, and then, you