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The Root of Good Mothering
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush once said, “Whatever the era, whatever the times, one thing will never change: fathers and mothers, if you have children they must come first. Your success as a family, our success as a society depends...
To the Fathers
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once said, “With regard to the freedom of the individual for choice with regard to abortion, there's one individual who's not being considered at all. That's the one who is being aborted. And I've...
Lawlessnes of the UN
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Last week, members of United Families International attended a week-long gathering with few protocols, little structure, and no accountability. It was an event where power-games were played all week, then finally on the last day, secret...
A Mother’s Education Wasted?
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Three days before I began my service as President of United Families International in August 2013, I completed my Bachelors of Science in Family Studies. On graduation day, I marched in the processional line and re-lived flashbacks of...
Gov’t in Your Love Life?
Why is Government in the Marriage Business? One of our favorite things at United Families is working with students from universities across United States. Contrary to rumors that the younger generation is “waiting for the older generation to die” so they can redefine...
Faceoff with Radical Feminists
Feminism & "Fundamentalism" at the UN The United Nations process provides a startling contrast to anyone familiar with the legislative process at the state or federal level. There are no elected officials or constituents, there is no constitution, little...
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The Best Decision You Can Ever Make
by Elise Ellsworth “I know a good urologist you could visit.” After a few children my husband got this advice from a young male friend. And I must admit that as I embarked on marriage I had adopted the prevailing opinion at my university that having children too soon...
Newsflash: Only Women Breast Feed!
by Diane Robertson La Leche League fills a needed service for new breast feeding mothers. According their website, La Leche League helps mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better...
The Attack on Monogamy
by McKayla Skinner CNN recently published an article entitled Rethinking Monogamy Today, challenging the centuries long pattern of monogamy in marriage. Instead of couples choosing to “break up, cheat or just ‘settle” when they have sexual differences, the article...
Standing Out from the Crowd
by Breaunna Stone Ever since my experience at the United Nations at the 2017 Commission on the Status of women, I have found a voice inside of myself that is more outspoken and boisterous than it has ever been before. Whether it is on social media, at a family...
Love or Career: Does It Have to Be Either-Or?
by Ashley Corbaley Recently I saw a movie in which a man and a woman who were hopelessly in love with each other decided to break up because they chose to pursue their careers instead of their relationship. They tried to follow their dreams while dating and found it...
Don’t Be Duped
United Families International was privileged to have university students accompany us to the Commission on the Status of Women. Allie Gillespie shares what she learned while at the United Nations. Abraham Lincoln once said, “The problem with internet quotes is that...