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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 34m

"It was, in essence, a conservative (and at times fundamentalist) evangelical pipe dream."

Communicators for Christ: How Homeschool Debate Leagues Shaped the Rising Stars of the Christian Right

David Eastman is one of the rising young stars of the Christian Right. Controversial, blunt, and shameless, Eastman has—like his idol, former President Donald Trump—mastered the art of provoking stron...

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 49m

I want the Church to understand, confess, and repent for how it has used the Bible for centuries for evil against children. And not only must that stop, but there is also a better way.

The Bible, Like Homeschooling, Can Radicalize or Liberate

The Bible, like homeschooling, is a tool. It can be used for evil or for good. To radicalize or liberate. It depends on the person wielding it.

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 10h

A lifetime member of the national sex offender registry—for forcible sexual abuse of a seven-year-old—was allowed lifetime membership in the Home School Legal Defense Association, according to a recent report by homeschool alumni.

Law Banning Child Sex Offenders From Homeschooling Stalled After Nine Child Sex Offenders Testify Against It

Illinois lawmakers proposed the state's first protections for homeschooled children; at least nine registered child sex offenders appeared as witnesses against the now-stalled bill.

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 13h

Remember when HSLDA bestowed their “Gregg Harris” Lifetime Achievement Award on Bill Gothard?

HSLDA Gave This Man Their Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award Just 4 Years Ago

And the 2010 “Gregg Harris” Lifetime Achievement Award goes to…

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 14h

Whether it’s your national organization, state support group, or local co-op, any and every organization that works with, for, and around children should have a child protection policy. So ask your homeschool group(s) if it does.

Ten Steps Your Homeschool Group Can Take to Prevent Child Abuse

Here are ten steps your homeschool group can take today to make children and families safer.

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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 14h

"The big picture myth is, this is God’s way to parent, and from that come little myths about what will happen to children who aren’t raised this way, versus what will happen to these chosen ones who follow the correct path."

~ @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social

New book debunks spanking and the 'myths' of Christian parenting

(RNS) — In ‘The Myth of Good Christian Parenting,’ authors Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis argue that these methods aren’t as biblical or effective as their purveyors would have Christi...

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 14h

I'm still not clear. How does the fact that authoritarian parenting impacts children in places other than Nazi Germany make the argument weak?

R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 21h

Erasmus demonstrates there is a rich tradition within Christian thought that defends children’s rights over and against the crushing weight of the current evangelical obsession with parental rights.

Desiderius Erasmus and The Child’s Right to Education

Erasmus demonstrates there is a rich tradition within Christian thought that defends children’s rights over and against the crushing weight of the current evangelical obsession with parental rights…

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 21h

What's a weak argument?

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Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 1d

Watch Netflix's Shiny Happy People, The Program, & The Wilderness to see this in USA youth programs

Happens elsewhere, but nowhere as commonly

Was talking with wonderful US trauma therapists today who were surprised human rights are fundamental in Australian youth services

Human Rights stop this

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 1d

Though it may be a bit more complicated...

www.jstor.org/stable/23715...

The Mary Ellen Myth: Correcting Child Welfare History on JSTOR

Sallie A. Watkins, The Mary Ellen Myth: Correcting Child Welfare History, Social Work, Vol. 35, No. 6 (November 1990), pp. 500-503

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 1d

It's close to that...

Case Shined First Light on Abuse of Children (Published 2009)

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 1d

How we treat animals as a society is a barometer for how we treat children. Study after study has found that animal welfare is intimately connected to child welfare, and that animal abuse is one of the greatest predictors of child and domestic abuse.

Making Light of Animal Advocacy Does Not Help Child Advocacy

How we treat animals as a society is a barometer for how we treat children.

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 1d

Many parents do, unfortunately.

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Emily Hunter McGowin @ehmcgowin.bsky.social · 1d

Watching so many in the U.S. choose to obey in advance, one wonders if we’re now (in part) reaping the rotten fruit of “first time obedience.”

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Emily Hunter McGowin @ehmcgowin.bsky.social · 1d

Yes and amen. It’s not easy to raise children this way but it’s best for them, for society, and ultimately for us too. All flourishing is mutual, y’all (HT: Robin Wall Kimmerer). Thank you for this, @rlstollar.bsky.social.

Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 2d

"Sometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy."

Teaching Children to Disobey

Sometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy.

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Zelnut 🍉𓅨 @dahliaiterations.com · 5d

Corporal punishment of children is evil. Paddling a child is objectively worse in every possible way than paddling an adult and if you did the latter to an unwilling participant you would be thrown in prison and put on a sex offender registry.

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Fennick Nym @fennicknym.bsky.social · 1d

I *know* that us in Chicago are dealing with *so* much right now- but please dont let homeschoolers who are being abused and have no voice get lost among the other atrocities we are fighting.

R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 1d

"We identified a registered child sex offender currently participating in a local homeschool group. They are a lifetime member of the HSLDA as well as a lifetime member of the national sex offender registry for forcible sexual abuse of a seven-year-old."

Law Banning Child Sex Offenders From Homeschooling Stalled After Nine Child Sex Offenders Testify Against It

Illinois lawmakers proposed the state's first protections for homeschooled children; at least nine registered child sex offenders appeared as witnesses against the now-stalled bill.

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 1d

Violence against women, children, and other marginalized groups are not “pet” issues that only activists should care about; they are central to the human experience and central to many Biblical stories.

Why You Should Address Abuse from the Pulpit

When pastors treat topics like domestic violence and child abuse as peripheral to the church and the task of preaching, they are being unfaithful to the Bible.

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 1d

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 1d

"We identified a registered child sex offender currently participating in a local homeschool group. They are a lifetime member of the HSLDA as well as a lifetime member of the national sex offender registry for forcible sexual abuse of a seven-year-old."

Law Banning Child Sex Offenders From Homeschooling Stalled After Nine Child Sex Offenders Testify Against It

Illinois lawmakers proposed the state's first protections for homeschooled children; at least nine registered child sex offenders appeared as witnesses against the now-stalled bill.

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alice says Palestinians in Gaza aren’t scammers! @bluwhalien.bsky.social · 1d

Classic fascist family values - also found in British fascist families of the same period. It’s no wonder so many right wingers these days have estranged relationships with their children.

R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 4d

"Haarer viewed children, especially babies, as nuisances whose wills needed to be broken."

Harsh Nazi Parenting Guidelines May Still Affect German Children of Today

The Nazi regime urged German mothers to ignore their toddlers’ emotional needs—the better to raise hardened soldiers and followers. Attachment researchers say that the harmful effects of that teaching...

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 1d

"We identified a registered child sex offender currently participating in a local homeschool group. They are a lifetime member of the HSLDA as well as a lifetime member of the national sex offender registry for forcible sexual abuse of a seven-year-old."

Law Banning Child Sex Offenders From Homeschooling Stalled After Nine Child Sex Offenders Testify Against It

Illinois lawmakers proposed the state's first protections for homeschooled children; at least nine registered child sex offenders appeared as witnesses against the now-stalled bill.

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 2d

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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 2d

"Sometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy."

Teaching Children to Disobey

Sometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy.

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 2d

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