by United Families International | May 14, 2014 | Child Development, Diane Robertson, Education, Gender, Non-Discrimination, Schools, Sexual Orientation, Transgender, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson In 1972 federal law makers came up with a law known as Title IX that prohibits discrimination in education based on sex (gender). The idea behind the law was that any educational program receiving federal funding had to apply the programs to both boys...
by United Families International | May 5, 2014 | Child Development, Drug Use, Education, Family, Pornography, Religion, Sanctity of Life, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kristi Kane A year ago last April, our community was left struggling after a teenage boy in my daughter’s school (one who she knew personally and was friends with) took his life. A dark shadow cast itself on all who knew him. I found myself thinking, “His prom...
by United Families International | May 2, 2014 | Child Development, Demographic Decline, Education, Family, Family Planning, Feminism, Marriage, Media, motherhood, Myth Buster, Parents, Population Control, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Maryn Holladay My husband subscribes to Bloomberg Businessweek. This magazine and I have a good thing going on. Like weekly clockwork: the magazine arrives, I thumb through, I focus on a fascinating article or two (or six), and a few minutes (or… longer) later, I...
by United Families International | May 1, 2014 | Constitution, Education, Family, Grandparents, Media, Parents, Research, Sovereignty, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory No doubt you’ve heard the recent debates over capitalism. It is the American way and has been since its inception. Recently, however, many speak of capitalism in disparaging terms; that it is somehow unfair, that it promotes greed and robs the...
by United Families International | Apr 30, 2014 | Child Development, Diane Robertson, Education, Family, Research, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson Many parents across the nation are wary, worried, and bemused by the new Common Core standards. An important part of Common Core is the standardized testing. To prepare students for the tests, school administrators are enforcing strict instruction for...
by United Families International | Apr 25, 2014 | Constitution, Education, Family, Sovereignty, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Maddi Gillel There is consistency and warning of great men throughout history – from Cicero to leaders in the 20th century – of what it takes to preserve freedom and what it takes to destroy it.. I believe we must head their warning for I cannot imagine my...