Tired of trying? Be brat. Join Ari and America to dissect “brat summer,” whether it’s healthy for our self-image, and what might be the antidote to the self-aggrandizing brat culture: homeschooling. America also talks about what it was like to be one of six homeschooled kids, classical education, and her mother’s unconventionally strong example.

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