Pills and Popsicles: Mahalath’s Story

HA notes: The author’s name has been changed to ensure anonymity. “Mahalath” is a pseudonym. My mother up and decided around the time of puberty that I had ADD. She’d just bring it up randomly, saying that’s why I wasn’t focusing on my work, getting good grades, etc. There were two problems with this. The first was that she demonized

The Road to Depression: By RD

“When children are raised with the message that if they have faith in Jesus or live their life according to the Bible then they will be blessed, it creates a very false expectation. Anything bad that happens, any misfortune, becomes interpreted as God’s punishment for not being faithful enough, for failing in your walk with him. I’ve seen this illustrated over and over again.”

How Not To Homeschool Your Children: Judith’s Story, Part Two

“I haven’t touched anything academic until very recently, because my love of learning was completely stripped away. I did what I had to do to survive, and spent my spare time watching the ‘stupid’ movies and television shows that I never saw, hiding from society because I was too emotionally exhausted to deal with people.”

How Not To Homeschool Your Children: Judith’s Story, Part One

“My parents started homeschooling me in the mid-90’s. Recently I asked about the factors involved that led them to homeschool, something I never thought to ask about previously because I always assumed it was for the stereotypical reasons. Turns out, they were not ever ‘anti-public school’, nor was it a matter of “we can better educate them at home.'”

Burn In Case Of Evil: Cain’s Story, Part Four

“Many have remarked that it was obviously homeschooling that made us who we are. The answer to that question is complicated because I am what I am because of, and despite of, homeschooling. When your entire social life and community K-12 is homeschooled, of course these influences significantly impacted my life.”