Tag: testimonial
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
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“The horror film that was my life growing up in an isolated homeschool household is what will keep me a forever supporter of this organization.” I was educated using a curriculum that was self teaching — read and… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“In my profession, I understand that teaching is a skill. Parents may love their kids, and even be educated themselves, but that doesn’t make them teachers.” I was homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade. I am the oldest… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by admin
“The idea that I have the ‘right’ to do anything I want with my child, without respect to his/her or society’s well-being, strikes me as utterly barbaric.” I am a former attorney homeschooling my child because I love… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by admin
“If you are a parent reading this: Ask yourself, why am I homeschooling? Can I give my child a proper education? You owe your child a proper education.” I was homeschooled from kindergarten to eighth grade and also… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“There was a direct correlation between the minimum legal requirements for homeschooling in the state where I was home-educated, Ohio, and the content of the education that I received.” I went to a private school from grades 1-4…. Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by admin
“My ‘education’ was in spite of my homeschool education.” My experience homeschooling was a fight to survive and every day a focus to cultivate skills for after I left. I went to public school through 6th grade and… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by Rachel Coleman
“I want families who choose this route to have a tremendous homeschool experience. After hearing about the Turpin case, like many others with homeschool experience, I believe changes needed to be made in the laws.” My name is… Read More
Updated on May 5, 2020 by CRHE
“Even when taken to the doctor, I was not allowed to see them without a parent present. I think this was because my mother was afraid what we might say. I believe I was pulled out of public… Read More
Tag: 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
Catherine S.: “Everyone needs a checks and balance system”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“The horror film that was my life growing up in an isolated homeschool household is what will keep me a forever supporter of this organization.” I was educated using a curriculum that was self teaching — read and… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, child abuse, Georgia, negative testimonial, testimonial
Bea M.: “Unchecked power is perilous”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“In my profession, I understand that teaching is a skill. Parents may love their kids, and even be educated themselves, but that doesn’t make them teachers.” I was homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade. I am the oldest… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Minnesota, negative testimonial, testimonial
Faye Marcinko: “Homeschooling in America is full of contradictions and extremes”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by admin
“The idea that I have the ‘right’ to do anything I want with my child, without respect to his/her or society’s well-being, strikes me as utterly barbaric.” I am a former attorney homeschooling my child because I love… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: California, parent testimonial, testimonial
Jackie H.: “You owe your child a proper education”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by admin
“If you are a parent reading this: Ask yourself, why am I homeschooling? Can I give my child a proper education? You owe your child a proper education.” I was homeschooled from kindergarten to eighth grade and also… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Massachusetts, mixed experience, testimonial
Elle S.: “Some years I had science, most years I didn’t”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“There was a direct correlation between the minimum legal requirements for homeschooling in the state where I was home-educated, Ohio, and the content of the education that I received.” I went to a private school from grades 1-4…. Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, negative testimonial, Ohio, testimonial
Erika S.: “Verbal and physical abuse was a norm”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by admin
“My ‘education’ was in spite of my homeschool education.” My experience homeschooling was a fight to survive and every day a focus to cultivate skills for after I left. I went to public school through 6th grade and… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, negative testimonial, testimonial, Texas
Linda P.: “I wish I could paint a happy ending to this story”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by Rachel Coleman
“I want families who choose this route to have a tremendous homeschool experience. After hearing about the Turpin case, like many others with homeschool experience, I believe changes needed to be made in the laws.” My name is… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: Colorado, negative testimonial, parent testimonial, testimonial
Jane N.: “We were completely cut off from the outside world”
Updated on May 5, 2020 by CRHE
“Even when taken to the doctor, I was not allowed to see them without a parent present. I think this was because my mother was afraid what we might say. I believe I was pulled out of public… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Arizona, negative testimonial, testimonial
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