When does a child's welfare trump a parents freedom of religion

i wouldn't have my three amazing children.

Tara's parents could not have been unaware of that yet did nothing to protect their children from him

those vulnerable children of his in tow.

I can't believe that nobody in the community called Idaho Child Protective Services about the Westover kids lack of attendance in school.

It is so sad to think that parents would deny their children such basic rights and turn their head to such abuse.

After all that abuses and neglect and failure to give proper protection a child

1. that a family could live so removed from the mainstream, flying under the radar, their children not getting any education in this century and 2 the overwhelming odds that had to be overcome for Tara to break free of her dysfunctional family of origin

An incredible account of a woman revealing her life as an uneducated child of the 20th century in the shadow of her mountain, and the destruction of her family

I suffered tremendously as a child and it took me years to overcome the damage she had done

Shame on her mom for not protecting her children!

I recommend this book to everyone who wants to understand how the power of tradition and culture and the dependence and necessity of approval that children need from their parents oppress them and make them feel unfit when, in fact, parents have their own traumas but don’t recognize them, and therefore oppress children to believe in what they believe, to be what parents wanted to be and not what children naturally are and want to become

This is an amazing book that wonderfully illustrates everything that is wrong with fanatical religion and how it can mess up children to a degree that only decades of therapy might be able to unravel

Fear was in the parents not the 3 successful children.

my question is, does anyone know if Idaho Child Protective Services is in anyway involved

It had come from those moments on the floor, from knowing that Mother was in the next room, closing her eyes and ears to me, and choosing, for that moment, not to be my mother at all.”Educated by Tara Westover is the true story of a woman who truly rose above the hardships and abuse she suffered as a child and against all odds found peace, healing, and worked her way through a doctorate.

How we can damage our children

All I can think of, having read the book, is those poor children, who are what, around 10ish by now?If her education--and that of her 2 brothers, all of whom know in detail what their abusive brother is capable of--can't help her (them) protect those children, help to actively mitigate against the kind of control and abuses described throughout her story, what benefit is it to anyone?

I struggled a bit reading this story because it was difficult to read of all the times children were endangered

How many other children are suffering unknown?

It underscores how destructive belief systems can be in the support of blatant child abuse.

The author can show that her parents truly love and care about her and her siblings, but still make it clear that their worldview allows them to endanger their children's physical and mental health and welfare.

Tara's mom cannot protect her children since loyalty to the father is the strongest belief in the family.

All I can think of, having read the book, is those poor children, who are what, around 10ish by now?If her education--and that of her 2 brothers, all of whom know in detail what their abusive brother is capable of--can't help her (them) protect those children, help to actively mitigate against the kind of control and abuses described throughout her story, what benefit is it to anyone?

It had come from those moments on the floor, from knowing that Mother was in the next room, closing her eyes and ears to me, and choosing, for that moment, not to be my mother at all.”Educated by Tara Westover is the true story of a woman who truly rose above the hardships and abuse she suffered as a child and against all odds found peace, healing, and worked her way through a doctorate.

Fear was in the parents not the 3 successful children.

Book club choice, not sure I will ever finish it, just how many major accident can a whole family have without anyone getting killed, losing a limb or dying from complications, I will be giving it a D for Delusional.