by United Families International | Sep 20, 2015 | Abstinence, Child Abuse, Child Development, Choice, Domestic Violence, Education, Family, Marriage, Sexual Freedom, Values
By Jessica Westfall Dr. John Van Epp puts an interesting twist on a well beloved and known fairy tale. Ellie was an orphan who was ignored and unloved by her step mother and sisters. She meets and marries a man in a very short time. This man had heaped praise and...
by United Families International | Sep 19, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Freedom, Parents, UN, Values, Violence
by Ally Fife The ideal home is one in which we feel comfort when we enter; where we can let go of the problems of our day and feel safe and loved. Such is not the case for the 90,000 Burundi refugees who have left their homes in terror, sometimes walking for a...
by United Families International | Sep 18, 2015 | Choice, Civil Unions, Cohabitation, Constitution, Education, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Gender, LGBT, Marriage, Media, Non-Discrimination, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Freedom, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, Values
by Annalise Jarman The other night I finished reading the book “Boundaries: When to Say Yes and How to Say No” by Doctors Henry Cloud and John Townsend. The book is about how to stand on your own, how to be separate and know what is your responsibility versus others’...
by United Families International | Sep 15, 2015 | Choice, Divorce, Education, Family, father, Marriage, Values
By Jessica Westfall MacGyver was an 80s tv show that my parents introduced me to my Freshman year of high school. MacGyver was a jack-of-all trades, he could find a solution to any problem and was an all around helpful guy. I was impressed, and sometimes skeptical, of...
by United Families International | Sep 14, 2015 | Choice, Education, Family, Freedom, Life, Media, Values
by Erin Weist In the last few week images such as these of Syrians fleeing their country have been circulating and dominating much media coverage. People the world over are calling on their leaders to help and they are seeing a positive response. I have an...
by United Families International | Sep 11, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, Free Speech, Media, Pornography, Research, Sexual Freedom, Technology, The Family, Values, Violence
by Jessica Westfall The National Center on Sexual Exploitation held a briefing about Pornography in July. One of the speakers, Gail Dines, is a Professor of Sociology at Wheelock College in Boston and the Founder and Chair of Culture Reframed. She has studied the...
