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Ben and Erin Napier are ready to fulfill their dream of homeschooling their kids.
The beloved couple and superstar remodelers on HGTV’s “Home Town,” who have been married since 2008, share two daughters — Helen, 7, and Mae, 4 — together, according to People.
In an interview with People, published Dec. 11, the couple provided fans with a small life update.
Erin described 2025 as the year they “did the doing” and the “we can do hard things year” — which included a trip to Scotland as she overcame her “big fear” of crossing the ocean.
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But it was also the year they decided to homeschool their kids after years of speaking it into existence.
“We started homeschooling,” Ben told the outlet. “The kids. And we’re doing it. [Every time] when we say it, people are like, ‘Oh, did you hire a tutor?’ And we’re like, ‘No, we’re the tutors.’”
Erin went on to say that it’s “not a non-negotiable,” but is definitely something they’re “trying this year.”
The update comes three months after Erin took to Instagram to share her homeschooling plans with fans — several months after fans recommended it as an option for spending more time with her daughters.
“Homeschool was our dream from the day Helen was born, but work was busy then Mae was born and we just kept saying ‘someday we will,'” Erin wrote in a since-deleted post on Sept. 1, per TV Insider.
“After 3 years at an amazing little school, the dream wouldn’t leave me alone and we weren’t ready to let this summer of being together and having fun end,” she added at the time.
“So, here we go. My painting studio became a classical school overnight,” the post concluded.
She returned to Instagram on Sept. 4 to share a look at her newly-minted home classroom setup, while also sharing a photo of the book, “The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education.”
Erin Napier discusses her stance on screen time for kids
Elsewhere in her interview with People, Erin opened up about her take on screen time.
“They’ve never had devices, they’ve never held phones or tablets or iPads,” she said of her two daughters. “We’re trying to live like it’s our childhood again.”
She did, however, admit that a little television here and there doesn’t hurt — albeit in a controlled manner.
"We let them watch things on TV, all of us together as a family. We have a movie night like every night, and it’s not like we don’t have TV time," she said.
"We’re watching like Berenstain Bears, we watched Prancer this week. So living slower,” she added.
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According to a 2025 census by Common Sense Media, 40% of children today have a tablet by the age of two and roughly 25% of children have their own smartphone by the age of eight.
“Among parents, 75% to 80% express consistent concerns about screen media, including worries about excessive use, effects on mental health, and the amount of inappropriate content,” the report reads.
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) estimates that children aged 8-18 average as much as 7.5 hours per day watching or using screens.
Erin and Ben Napier have been outspoken about wanting to give their daughters a “low-tech education.”
In a 2024 Instagram Story, Erin applauded her daughters’ school for allowing them to pick her kids up early on “digital education days,” according to Entertainment Now.
“They facetime grandparents and that’s it,” she wrote of her daughters’ experience with screen time. “So for us, tablet use at school is in direct opposition to our family culture in a way that feels unhelpful.”
In August 2023, the HGTV couple launched “osprey,” which stands for “old school parents raising engaged youth.”
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According to its website, the organization is “committed to helping our kids achieve social media-free childhoods until they graduate high school.”
