Giving Too Much, Part Two

“I never doubted my parents’ heart for giving. I’ve always doubted their love for me.”

Why I Don’t Trust the Homeschool Community to Self-Police

“The culture of the homeschool community in which I grew up was such that I’m really having a hard time imagining anyone ever reporting anyone, or even simply calling them out for what they are doing.”

The Psychological Cost Of Not Being Provided For

“We were taught that others were entitled to what they wanted, but we were not. Because we had to take what others no longer wanted, we felt like the trash of the church. We were taught that what we wanted was not important.”

Giving Too Much

“When I was 10, my family chose to allow our house to be foreclosed on because ‘god told them’ to pay another families’ mortgage, and when my parents couldn’t financially afford to pay both, they decided (knowing full-well the consequences) to stop paying their mortgage instead.”