by United Families International | Sep 30, 2014 | Abortion, Child Development, Cohabitation, Family, Feminism, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Sanctity of Life, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman It seems silly to bring this up. After all, women are more free in this day and age than in any other time in history. But has the “freedom” of women really made them more free? The Women’s Liberation movement freed women’s bodies (“the bikini meant...
by United Families International | Sep 26, 2014 | Child Development, Elder Care, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Mom had a special way of making a task seem less daunting when I was growing up. Her deportment was kindness, shown through soft and encouraging words, through quiet acts of service, and through her genuine belief in our ability to do hard things. Every Saturday was a...
by United Families International | Sep 22, 2014 | Child Development, Down Syndrome, Education, Family, Gender, Non-Discrimination, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kristen Jan Heimuli In all the debates and conversations regarding civil rights it is easy to focus primarily on the struggles of race or gender. And while those struggles have been extremely profound, we tend to forget about a very special population-the last...
by United Families International | Sep 19, 2014 | Child Development, Divorce, Drug Use, Education, Family, father, Grandparents, Marriage, Parents, Religion, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Maddi Gillel Have you ever been trying to get somewhere, such as in a different city, state, or country? Did you have a map? Did you speak the language so that you could ask? We’ve all been in this situation. Some of us are born with a compass in our heads, some are...
by United Families International | Sep 18, 2014 | Diane Robertson, Drug Use, Education, Family, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory Anybody out there old enough to remember the old MAD Magazine icon Alfred E. Neuman? Every issue donned his face with the same goofy look of complete oblivion to life. Not a care in the world. That goofy face should have donned the cover of one of the...
by United Families International | Sep 17, 2014 | Child Development, Constitution, Diane Robertson, Family, father, Gender, Marriage, Parents, Proposition 8, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson We live in a time that many refer to as an “age of entitlement”. There are books and papers written about parents hassling teachers to give their children higher grades, or bosses talking about parents calling them up to tell them they have to hire...
