The Dawning of Day: Gary’s Story

Little by little the light grows; the things I stumbled on in the darkness are shown to be small stones easily avoided…..now that I can see them for what they really are.

An Average Homeschooler: Part Five, High School Textbooks

“I have very clear memories of my high school experience. I remember the way all the books looked, I remember specific passages and illustrations. I remember quizzes and homework problems. 10th grade was A Beka biology, grammar, and history, BJUPress geometry and literature.”

Ready for Real Life: Part Five, Science and Medicine

“In this part of the ‘Ready for Real Life’ webinar, the Botkin family discusses the roles that science, nature, and medicine play in Christian homeschooling. While the Botkins spoke warmly of these fields, their words betrayed a distrust of evidence and scientific communities at odds with their beliefs.”

Deconversion: Vanessa’s Story, Part One

“one sunday afternoon, when i had reached the age of reason at seven years old, my mom helped me pray the sinner’s prayer in our bathroom before she even got off the pot. yes, you read that right. she could not bear to make the soul of her tearful, distraught seven year old, who had realized her sinfulness and eternal destiny, wait a second longer to accept jesus.”

Starship Captains and Dinosaurs: Faith Beauchemin’s Thoughts

“I have literally no clue how I continued to want to be Captain Janeway alongside being taught harmful patriarchal bullshit about having to be a totally submissive wife and mother with no career or dreams or goals of her own except serving her family. I don’t know how Janeway survived my upbringing… but she did.”

I Feel Like I’m Getting Crap From Both Ends: Amy Mitchell’s Thoughts

“I want to cry when I hear from adults who were homeschooled that they never learned proper math or that their parents refused to teach them about human sexuality. I want to punch something when I see some of the crap that passes for science. The fact that a web site like Homeschoolers Anonymous even exists–out of necessity–cuts me deeply.”

I Have to Live My Life: Eve’s Story

“All I ever wanted was for someone to sit with me and be honest. I needed someone to either tell me that they didn’t have the answers I wanted or to help me find them. No one would because asking questions was against the rules.”