by United Families International | Apr 29, 2010 | Abstinence, AIDS, Media, Sex Education, UFI Blog
Yesterday we posted a speech by Orson Scott Card describing the power of narrative and storytelling in shaping a culture’s values and expectations. An interesting example of this is the story our society is telling (or isn’t telling) about sexually transmitted...
by United Families International | Apr 28, 2010 | Education, Family, Marriage, UFI Blog
“A Strong Culture must have powerful stories explaining why it is a Good Culture — or it will die,” explained Orson Scott Card at a recent gathering of the Management Society of Brigham Young University. Card is the well-known author of over 50 works of fiction,...
by United Families International | Apr 27, 2010 | Birth Rate, Family, Family Planning, Feminism, Religion, UFI Blog
Does the fact that the world is becoming increasingly less religious correlate with the fact that fertility rates have plummeted worldwide? In women, does irreligosity and childlessness go hand in hand? If a study of women in the U.S. is any indication, the answer...
by United Families International | Apr 26, 2010 | Child Development, Education, Health Care, Same-Sex Attraction, Schools, Sex Education, UFI Blog
Pediatricians are not happy with what is occurring in schools across the country. On April 1, 2010, a letter was mailed to school superintendents across the United States, urging administrators and school personnel to refrain from validating or promoting homosexual...
by United Families International | Apr 23, 2010 | Marriage, Research, UFI Blog
In the current economic state of high unemployment, thus a highly competitive job market, marriage might hold the key to employment success. Economists from American University in Washington D.C. and Israel’s Haifa University* studied labor markets and concluded that...
