Tag: testimonial
Posted on April 20, 2022 by Jonah Stewart
If I had been in a normal high school I would have noticed that other people lived differently. I also would have been around mandatory reporters who would have noticed my Dad’s obvious psychosis and the emotional, spiritual… Read More
Updated on November 2, 2023 by Jonah Stewart
“It takes time, dedication, experience, expertise, money, resources, and structure to homeschool your children, not just spending dollars on a curriculum that will not help them get into university. You give your children a future that changes their… Read More
Posted on May 25, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“The cognitive dissonance grew so intolerable that it took me down a road that led me to throw away many of the beliefs I grew up having.” I am 25 years old and I am the middle child… Read More
Updated on November 2, 2023 by Chelsea McCracken
“I was terrified to make my own decisions, unsure of my ability to survive outside of my parents’ controlling framework.” I was my family’s “first.” The first to learn to read at home. The first to complete K-12… Read More
Updated on November 2, 2023 by Chelsea McCracken
“Some level of oversight would have really helped me because I think my parents would have felt compelled to keep up with my education far more than they did, and it may well have prevented my experience from… Read More
Posted on April 13, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“There were certainly several years in which we didn’t take any sort of test. There was no way for me, as a child, to connect with anyone outside of my household. There was no way for anyone to… Read More
Posted on April 12, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“Enforcing the current requirements that Indiana has in place could help to prevent children like me from slipping through the cracks.” As Gloria Steinem said, “The final stage of healing is using what happens to you to help… Read More
Updated on April 12, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“I lived in a continuous state of fear and learned helplessness. I was afraid to make even the smallest decisions for myself.” My family began homeschooling in 1991, the year my older sister was set to enter kindergarten…. Read More
Updated on May 5, 2020 by CRHE
“I believe to this day—as I did in childhood—that I should not have been homeschooled, at least not all the way through high school as I was.” For fifteen years, I was a princess in a tower. I… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
When I was growing up, I was badly abused by my parents, to the extent that it meets the current definition of intrafamilial child torture. Solitary confinement (being locked in my room for days or weeks at a… Read More
Tag: testimonial
Abbey L.: “If anybody ever saw something concerning, nobody ever said a word.”
Posted on April 20, 2022 by Jonah Stewart
If I had been in a normal high school I would have noticed that other people lived differently. I also would have been around mandatory reporters who would have noticed my Dad’s obvious psychosis and the emotional, spiritual… Read More
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, negative testimonial, Ohio, testimonial, Virginia
Song HyoA: “They mold me into an identity that is perfect for them, but not for me”
Updated on November 2, 2023 by Jonah Stewart
“It takes time, dedication, experience, expertise, money, resources, and structure to homeschool your children, not just spending dollars on a curriculum that will not help them get into university. You give your children a future that changes their… Read More
Category: International, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Malaysia, negative testimonial, testimonial
Amber Moore: “Nobody could help me except myself”
Posted on May 25, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“The cognitive dissonance grew so intolerable that it took me down a road that led me to throw away many of the beliefs I grew up having.” I am 25 years old and I am the middle child… Read More
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Connecticut, Missouri, negative testimonial, testimonial, Texas
Mary T.: “Homeschooling tends to attract parents who value control”
Updated on November 2, 2023 by Chelsea McCracken
“I was terrified to make my own decisions, unsure of my ability to survive outside of my parents’ controlling framework.” I was my family’s “first.” The first to learn to read at home. The first to complete K-12… Read More
Category: North Carolina, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, child abuse, testimonial
Sage N.: “My parents were clearly unprepared to be teachers”
Updated on November 2, 2023 by Chelsea McCracken
“Some level of oversight would have really helped me because I think my parents would have felt compelled to keep up with my education far more than they did, and it may well have prevented my experience from… Read More
Category: International, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, child abuse, educational neglect, negative testimonial, socialization, testimonial
Hope M.: “I don’t even know how many people knew we existed”
Posted on April 13, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“There were certainly several years in which we didn’t take any sort of test. There was no way for me, as a child, to connect with anyone outside of my household. There was no way for anyone to… Read More
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, child abuse, educational neglect, math, Minnesota, negative testimonial, sexual abuse, testimonial, transcript
Danielle C.: “The state never followed up on my education”
Posted on April 12, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“Enforcing the current requirements that Indiana has in place could help to prevent children like me from slipping through the cracks.” As Gloria Steinem said, “The final stage of healing is using what happens to you to help… Read More
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, child labor, educational neglect, Indiana, mental illness, negative testimonial, sexual abuse, testimonial
Amy W.: “Supporting homeschool oversight is the least we can do”
Updated on April 12, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“I lived in a continuous state of fear and learned helplessness. I was afraid to make even the smallest decisions for myself.” My family began homeschooling in 1991, the year my older sister was set to enter kindergarten…. Read More
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Georgia, negative testimonial, testimonial
Joan T.: “My dysfunctional and emotionally abusive home was my school.”
Updated on May 5, 2020 by CRHE
“I believe to this day—as I did in childhood—that I should not have been homeschooled, at least not all the way through high school as I was.” For fifteen years, I was a princess in a tower. I… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, testimonial, Texas
Sarah: “The school never did anything to enforce their regulations”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
When I was growing up, I was badly abused by my parents, to the extent that it meets the current definition of intrafamilial child torture. Solitary confinement (being locked in my room for days or weeks at a… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Ohio, testimonial