Raised Quiverfull: Relating to Family

This section of the Raised Quiverfull Project showcases the participants’ responses to four questions about how their families have responded to their questioning. If you would like to read the questions and answers to these four questions in one document, click here. 

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1) How did your parents and siblings respond to you questioning/rejecting their beliefs? How did those you grew up with respond?

Click here to read responses to Question 1.

2) What is your relationship with your parents and siblings like today? What is your relationship with those you grew up with who remained in the movement like?

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3) For those who are no longer Christian, are you “out” to your parents or siblings? If so, how did you do it and how did they respond?

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4) Have any of your siblings (or perhaps even parents) left Quiverfull/Christian Patriarchy ideology? How do you approach the relationships with siblings who have not?

Click here to read responses to Question 4.

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