Homeschooled Children: Their Silent Crisis
November 24, 2025
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as posted by the channelWhat happens when kids raised in Christian homeschooling finally compare notes? Survivors like Ryan Stollar found the same hidden patterns: mental health struggles, self-harm, secrecy, and pressure to present a “perfect” family, no matter the cost. In this clip from Cults, Culture, and Coercion, Dr. Steven Hassan explores how authoritarian homeschooling isolates children, hides abuse, suppresses mental health needs, and silences any sign of struggle.
For many former homeschoolers, talking openly about self-inflicted pain, depression, substance use, anxiety, and trauma was forbidden. Instead, children were expected to perform as the “success stories” of evangelical homeschooling, paraded in front of legislators and media to protect the movement, not the kids inside it.
👉 Watch the full episode with Ryan Stollar to learn how he and others broke the silence, founded Homeschoolers Anonymous, and exposed the patterns of coercive control and undue influence shaping evangelical homeschool culture.
#Homeschooling #HomeschoolAbuse #ReligiousTrauma #Exvangelical #UndueInfluence #CoerciveControl #MentalHealthAwareness #ChildAbuseAwareness #ChristianNationalism #StevenHassan #CultRecovery
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