How the Daughter of a Focus on the Family Executive Came Out as Gay

God has given me beauty for ashes and is continuing to be true to His promise and make all things new and beautiful in His time.

Dear Homeschool Kids

At the very least let’s all stop pretending like there’s nothing wrong.

Please Don’t Deny Our Agency

  HA note: The following is reprinted with permission from Libby Anne’s blog, Love, Joy, Feminism. It was originally published on November 16, 2015. I wrote the first draft of this post last summer. I wasn’t satisfied with it as it was, so I set it aside and promptly forgot about it. A conversation with one of my sisters reminded

The Benjamin Buttons of Homeschooling

We’re like Benjamin Buttons, starting our lives as mini-adults only to grow down into large children.

Those No Good, Very Bad Homeschool Graduates

“It seems I’ll spend my adulthood being treated like a child. Welcome to the world of a homeschool alumna.”

Mary Menges’ Winning Essays for 2015 HARO STEM Scholarship for Women

Congratulations again to our 2015 HARO STEM Scholarship for Women winner, Mary Menges of Monmouth University!

10 Things (Former) Homeschoolers Wish Their Parents Knew While Homeschooling

“In the spirit of viral counter-lists, our survivor community has compiled their own.”

10 Things Homeschool Parents Try To Explain But Fail

“It isn’t a flattering picture at all.”

I Am a Homeschool Alumna. I Care.

“I have sympathy for homeschooled children because I was one. I am a homeschool alumna.”

We Are Not The Threat

“There’s a new threat to homeschooling, folks! That’s right, and it isn’t the evil government or liberal feminists or Satan.”