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: Mom Has Her Jobs When Not Wacked Out On Psychoactive Drugs?

May 2, 2013 By 2 Comments
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by Mary Pride of Homeschool World in “Patriarchy, Meet Matriarchy” Traditional Christian cultures understood this quite well. Mom had her jobs, and Dad had his. If Dad tried to meddle in Mom’s work, she would shoo him away.

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Quoting Quiverfull: Easier By the Dozen?

April 20, 2013 By 10 Comments
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by Mary Pride in Homeschool World “Easier by the Dozen” When you only have one or two very young children, it may be hard to imagine… but children really are easier by the dozen. Comments open below

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Open Thread Discussion on Christian Fundamentalism

April 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
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by Vyckie Garrison Over on the Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blog, Defeating the Dragons, Samantha is looking for input on readers’ personal experiences with Christian fundamentalism. One of the questions she asks is: I know that some of you

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Quoting Quiverfull: Helicopter Parenting?

March 2, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Mary Pride in Homeschool World 2008 You might be thinking, “Who cares how a bunch of rich snobs raise their kids?” The reason I brought all this up is that today’s middle-class homeschooling (and other) parents are in the same boat as yesterday’s Harvard parents. They knew that the right

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