Amanda tells Kyle about the people and circumstances that created formative moments as she finished high school and left her biological family's home for college. She talks about her older sister finding out about the abuse, the ways IBLP ideology influenced her parents' decision about her college education and relationships, and how Bill Gothard's teachings about authority caused her to be controlled even as a young adult living away from home and supporting herself.
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