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May 2019

May 20, 2019

Home School Legal Defense Association Is Full of Bullshit

This new rhetorical framing allows those at HSLDA to argue that they do care about protecting children...

June 2018

June 06, 2018

Homeschool Leader Mary Pride Decried “Child Abuse Hysteria”

In her book, Pride argues that child abuse is a made-up epidemic, that child abuse...

May 2018

May 01, 2018

“[A]fter the photo event, they go back to looking lifeless.”

The Hart family photos were a farce. A baldfaced farce. It was all about creating...

March 2018

March 13, 2018

Pastor Doug Wilson: The Civil Authorities Can’t Be Trusted with Sexual Abuse Cases

The real problem with Wilson's post---and I didn't even get into his claims that Boz...

January 2018

January 16, 2018

Starvation, Chains, and the Picture-Perfect Homeschool Family

"Police find 13 emaciated siblings aged from 2 to 29 in Perris home with some...

December 2016

December 05, 2016

Pastor: Reporting Child Sexual Abuse Presents a “Dilemma”

My regular readers are likely familiar with Doug Wilson by now. Wilson is an evangelical...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

Two New Pieces on Christianity and Child Abuse

Ryan Stollar of Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (HARO) has been knocking it out of the...

May 19, 2016

That Christian Man Selling Child-Training Whips Is Back

The above image is an advertisement that used to run in Christian homeschool magazines. "The...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

Norway’s Bodnariu Children Removed Over Child Abuse, Not “Christian Indoctrination”

If evangelical Christians want to be seen as a group that values and protects children---as...

September 2015

September 06, 2015

Doug Wilson’s Pedophile Problem: Sex Offender For Whom Wilson Begged Leniency Back in Court with Infant Son

In 2005, Wilson asked the judge for leniency in sentencing Steven Sitler for molesting young...

August 2015

August 10, 2015

The State of Children’s Rights in Our Society Is Abysmal

As a society, we recognize that bruising a child is abuse. But unfortunately we do...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

#makehomeschoolsafe and Michigan’s HB 4498

Take a look at the comments on Rep. Chang's facebook page to see how homeschooling...

January 2015

January 29, 2015

How HSLDA Talks About Abuse

And so, when I got to that part of HSLDA's statement, I wanted to tear...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

Child Abuse, Karen Campbell and Lisa Cherry, and Facts

rovide protection for children. And here, too, we see why it matters that Campbell (and...

November 01, 2014

Karen Campbell: Cover for Your Abusive Parent

Campbell has in the past spoken against some elements of the patriarchy movement that pervades...

October 2014

October 23, 2014

How Not To Combat Sexual Abuse

Next week Frontline Family Ministries is holding National Sexual Abuse Prevention Week for Homeschoolers. You...

September 2014

September 03, 2014

How Not to Address Marriage or Child Abuse

I am sure St. John has lots of genuinely good advice. The Amazon reviews of...

June 2014

June 02, 2014

Christian Homeschooling and Child Abuse Denialism

If you're a long-time reader, you're likely aware my series on HSLDA and child abuse,...

December 2013

December 29, 2013

Teddy Foltz-Tedesco and HSLDA’s Blindness

Last week an Ohio state senator introduced S.B. 248, a bill designed to prevent homeschooling...