Beka Horton’s Theology: Eleanor Skelton’s Story

CC image courtesy of Flickr, Ryan Hyde. By Eleanor Skelton, HA Editorial Team. Eleanor also blogs at The Girl Who Once Lived in a Box. Beka Horton wrote and edited most of the A Beka Academy curriculum, produced by Pensacola Christian College. And she’s also the reason I started questioning fundamentalism. Christianity seemed so simple in the early days. I was

ATI’s “Sex Ed” Curriculum: Silencing Victims and Excusing Sex Crime

ATI and the Duggars’ philosophy can lead to serial sexual abuse because men are relieved of much of their responsibility for their actions.

Debate As Socialization: Luke’s Thoughts

“Debate was like my own Enlightenment, my own personal Great Awakening. Debate forced me and inspired me to look at different sides of an issue, to examine opposing viewpoints with earnestness and dedication. Debate taught me to question assumptions and challenge norms. Debate put me in a position to realize how complex life actually is.”

Voddie Baucham, Shy Kids, and Spanking 5 Times Before Breakfast

“Baucham is a big proponent of homeschooling and his 8 children are educated at home. He and his church also promote family-integrated church model… He also does not think adult daughters should leave the home to go to college.”

How I (Barely) Survived Home Schooling: Jonny Scaramanga’s Story

“Now I think fundamentalist Christian home school curricula are part of the problem. Educating children is difficult. Very few parents are equipped to do it well. An off-the-shelf curriculum gives parents a false confidence that they can provide an education with little effort. In fact, a pre-packaged curriculum for every student is not going to fit any student.”

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.”

The Many Men and Women Behind The Curtain: Noah’s Story

“Their ideologies are reinforced in state and local support groups, where parents that don’t follow the line get ostracized, just like HSLDA has long ostracized the secular homeschooling movement. It’s really, honestly, a type of bullying. My parents experienced this from the beginning.”