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 May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Early in my childhood, my mother was diagnosed with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder; throughout the homeschool years she struggled to function as a mother, let alone as an educator. . . . My mother also exhibited traits of borderline personality disorder and was unpredictable and frequently intrusive, hypercritical, and explosively angry.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“I was homeschooled … in Illinois, a state that has no homeschool regulation, no testing requirements, nothing. Unless a homeschooled child has been in a public school district before being homeschooled (which would require the family to notify the district as they withdraw the student), local officials and the state quite frankly don’t know you even exist if you are homeschooled.”
Tag: mental illness
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
Lana Martin: “I suffered severe depression, suicidality, and disordered eating”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Early in my childhood, my mother was diagnosed with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder; throughout the homeschool years she struggled to function as a mother, let alone as an educator. . . . My mother also exhibited traits of borderline personality disorder and was unpredictable and frequently intrusive, hypercritical, and explosively angry.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, child abuse, educational neglect, mental illness, negative testimonial, testimonial, Texas
Jamie G.: “I want to see that change, now”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“I was homeschooled … in Illinois, a state that has no homeschool regulation, no testing requirements, nothing. Unless a homeschooled child has been in a public school district before being homeschooled (which would require the family to notify the district as they withdraw the student), local officials and the state quite frankly don’t know you even exist if you are homeschooled.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, educational neglect, Illinois, mental illness, negative testimonial, testimonial