Malala and Me

“I hope that somehow Malala Yousafzai’s words find their way through to all of the stay-at-home daughters.”

Guard Your Heart, Part Two: Kathryn E. Brightbill

“When you’re the model homeschool child, ‘gay’ is something that happens to other people. As a kid it was those people I’d see on TV marching, or who my parents’ religious right friends would rail against, but it’s certainly not the sort of thing that a good little homeschooled church kid would consider to have anything to do with themselves.”

Guard Your Heart, Part One: Kathryn E. Brightbill

“Through all of this, I patted myself on my back because I wasn’t getting any ‘frivolous’ crushes on guys, and clearly this meant that I was super spiritual and doing a great job of guarding my heart. It turns out it had less to do with being super spiritual than it had to do with being super gay.”

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.”

Why I Blame Homeschooling, Not Just My Parents: Reflections by Nicholas Ducote

“I know abuse doesn’t just happen because of bad parenting. The bad parenting that people indict was being advocated on stage before thousands of people. There is a reason why so many homeschooling alumni share stories and experiences.”