The Day I Ran Away: Charlie’s Story

Editorial note: Charlie blogs at Blind Horse Girl. Charlie is a pseudonym. I remember being eleven years old, writing my mother a letter that was telling her I was running away. This was less than six months after my father had passed away, and a few months after we joined a church that I consider even to this day is both

Alecia Pennington, “The Girl Who Doesn’t Exist,” Can Now Prove She Does

Today Alecia Pennington went to Williamson County Court House and received the birth certificate she has fought so long to obtain.

Identification Abuse Bill Inspired by Alecia Pennington Passes Texas House, Goes to Senate

Alecia Pennington continues to fight for her right to get a birth certificate.

Ken Cuccinelli, HSLDA, and Identification Abuse

HSLDA favorite Ken Cuccinelli has publicly spoken out in favor of denying children identification documents.

Identity as Means of Control: Results from the 2015 Survey of Identification Abuse Within Homeschooling

“Our goal is to get a better picture of identification abuse within homeschooling and collect stories about such abuse.”

Lisa Pennington on Adult Children, Maturity, and Drivers’ Licenses

“This isn’t an isolated thing. When a parent home births and homeschools, they have total control over their children’s documents.”

James and Lisa Pennington Respond to Identification Abuse Claims

James and Lisa Pennington responded today to their daughter Alecia’s allegations of identification abuse.

When Your Very Identity is Held Hostage: Alecia Pennington and Identification Abuse

According to recent allegations, James and Lisa Pennington are holding their daughter Alecia’s very identity hostage.

Voices of Sister-Moms: Part One, Introduction

“Within this sort of isolated, dogmatic, and restricted environment where the parents are consumed by what they see as duty to “the Father,” the eldest daughters of Quiverfull families are enlisted as junior mothers to their own siblings…The drawbacks of the lifestyle to the daughters doing this constant care are numerous. They are only recently coming to light because, as these daughters ourselves, we speaking are out about them. That is the focus of this ‘Voices of Sister-Moms’ guest post series.”