As part
of my own pendulum swing of life extremes, I ended up in Quiverfull
(QF) as an adult, though I never experienced the fullness of it. As
Julie Anne Smith said to me recently, I didn't suffer the same kind
of abuse as QF moms or their children, but I was also a victim of the
system's cruelty. On top of my own natural grief and despite the
experience of a degree of rejection by both peer groups of QF moms
and their homeschooled kids, I did suffer my own heartache.
I
participated in a panel discussing the challenges faced by Second
Generation Adults (SGAs – those who are now adults but grew up in
high demand religion and/or families that they perceived as
spiritually abusive). I constructed a visual model to help me
describe my experience. I borrowed some graphics that I used to help
describe my healing experience, and I'll add a few that I didn't get
to use.
