Preschool Teacher Rejects Modern Ideas of Parenting, Turns to Homesteading and Making Handcrafted Goat Milk Soap

The mom of 5 believes that world is “desperate for wholesome family culture” and traditional living. “The pendulum seems to be swinging back the other direction

Courtesy of Laura Ressel

An Oklahoma mom who swapped the classroom for homesteading life says she’s never looked back.

Laura Ressel, 34, spent 10 years working as a preschool teacher before becoming a stay-at-home mom with her own small business making goat milk soap—and she’s more content than ever before.