Finding Peace: Jenna’s Story

Fear became an instant factor in everything we did
My parents impressed on me that CPS was the Enemy and that we were to hide from them and fear being “taken away” by them.

A Personal Plea, Part 7

Being home all the time with my parents, with little to do that stimulated me, was more or less a recipe for disaster.

A Personal Plea, Part 5

The summer of 1997 was the summer I turned 14. We began the summer by going to ATI’s big yearly national conference in Knoxville, at the University of Tennessee. ATI took over a significant portion of the campus for that one week every summer. School was still in session for the public schools in Ohio, so my mom and I went, while my dad stayed in Cincinnati to work. This was my first significant exposure to ATI as a whole.

A Personal Plea, Part 4

They introduced my parents to ATI, Bill Gothard, and homeschooling. And my parents completely went for it.

Never a Helpmeet Part 2: The Cult of Lifestyle Christianity

A doctrine that requires complete 24/7 immersion with no outside input is no longer faith — it’s brainwashing.

I Grew Into A Culture Warrior: Lauren Woods’ Story

I laughed at hearing how my parents think I am too political, because they raised me to be so involved in current events.

The Hammer Drops: Dr. Kenneth Copley Exposed – Severe Homeschooling

CC image courtesy of Flickr, Kirill Ignatyev. HA Note: This is the third in a nine part series telling Ruth Burger’s, a plaintiff in the IBLP/Gothard lawsuit, story of abuse while in ATI. It is cross-posted from Joe Sands’ blog Incongruous Circumspection and was originally posted on June 3, 2012. Edited by Wende Benner, HA Editorial Staff  CW: Descriptions of physical abuse

The Hammer Drops: Dr. Kenneth Copley Exposed – Severe Physical Abuse

My parents believed the “rod” was the ONLY form of correction and they used it often throughout the day.

The Hammer Drops: Dr. Kenneth Copley Exposed – Adoption into a Family

Once my adoption was final, my name was changed a third time to Ruth Esther Copley. And thus began a nightmare from hell over the next twelve years.

That Christian Man Selling Child-Training Whips Is Back

Child abuse advocate Steve Haymond is back—and he doesn’t want you to know.