This is NOT Homeschooling: Is HSLDA Part of a “Bible-Based Cult”?

May 15, 2013 By 9 Comments
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by Heather Doney This may be the most important and most scary post on homeschooling that I have ever written. It feels like something out of a Margaret Atwood novel and I am numb as I write this, so please bear with me. The title of this post is not rhetorical. It is a question [...]

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Quoting Quiverfull: Educational Process Brainwashing?

April 28, 2013 By 4 Comments
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By Bob Jones III of Bob Jones University speaking of Christian credentialing for Bob Jones University and home schooling Accrediting associations will not approve our educational process if it does not include the worship of their gods. All education is brainwashing. We wash with the pure water of God’s Word, and they wash with the [...]

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20 Ways Not to Respond to Homeschool Horror Stories

April 17, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Becoming Worldly The following are a list of things that range from impolite to incredibly disrespectful that I have heard since I started speaking out about this issue. I’m (unfortunately) not making any of these up and I’ve actually had every single one of them either said to me or seen them said to [...]

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Homeschoolers Anonymous

March 19, 2013 By 2 Comments
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We’re excited to take part in a new community, Homeschoolers Anonymous, a venture put together by some of our bloggers joining together with others who’ve experienced abuse during their homeschooled years. Here is more information from Homeschoolers Anonymous! Former homeschoolers rally against abuse March 16, 2013 A group of former homeschoolers

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Quoting Quiverfull: A New Pope?

February 20, 2013 By 17 Comments
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by Michael Farris, Chancellor of Patrick Henry College & President of HSLDA  – February 17, 2013 E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post says that the best choice for the new Pope would be a nun. That shows as much

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