Homeschooling is a hallmark trait of a Quiverfull community. CFC takes great pride in their homeschooling families and offers North Country residents the opportunity to pay for resources for home education through Christian Fellowship Academy (CFA).
cfctoo.com/blog/the-quiverfull-families-next-door-part-3
The Quiverfull desire for total control becomes clear in Darleneās essay on the Four Pillars of Homeschooling: storage.snappages.site/JSF76P/assets/files/four-pillars-of-christian-homeschooling--26.pdf
Physical abuse in the form of corporal punishment is especially common in Quiverfull households. Darlene Sinclair, who homeschooled all of her nine children K-12, has repeatedly championed corporal punishment in her blogs over the years:
web.archive.org/web/20220807012136/http://www.darlenesinclair.com/2005/v
Many formerly homeschooled individuals have disclosed that their parents applied corporal punishment to ācureā their inability to focus or understand the material. This creates unsafe and fearful learning environments, especially for children who struggle academically.
Homeschooling can be a dangerous tool in the hands of abusers and those who believe they have a God-given right to exert total control over another human being. Children who are homeschooled have very little access to mandated reporters.
Their parents are their teachers, guidance counselors, principals, caretakers, and disciplinarians. Sometimes homeschooled children are also āhome churched,ā further isolating them, or participate in churches where abuse or neglect is endorsed or will go unreported.
Homeschooled children at CFC are encouraged not to tell people about bad or scary things happening at home. Darlene says:
storage.snappages.site/JSF76P/assets/files/four-pillars-of-christian-homeschooling--26.pdf
One CFA alum and @ResponsibleHS volunteer who shared their insight on homeschooling with CFCtoo earlier this year says:
cfctoo.com/blog/homeschooling-and-abuse
"Homeschooling is not inherently abusive. What it is, inherently, is isolating: something that works to the advantage of abusers both inside and outside the family."
We cannot ignore the fact that homeschooling has been used to cause immense harm in countless childrenās lives. All children deserve access to robust, child-centered, and safe education.