by United Families International | Sep 20, 2013 | Drug Use, Education, Marriage, UFI Blog
Maddie Gillel When we were teenagers, and even younger, my brothers and sisters, neighbors and friends would go outside our small town in the winter and ice skate on ponds and small rivers. We did this often enough that we knew how to tell by looking at ice whether...
by United Families International | Aug 28, 2013 | Education, Family, Grandparents, UFI Blog
Kristi Kane Over three decades ago, my brother began to make choices that took him away from the path of becoming an outstanding citizen with a future to a delinquent citizen whose life nearly ended in death several times. He partied wildly, smoked, drank and did...
by United Families International | Aug 16, 2013 | Child Development, Education, UFI Blog, Values
If you haven’t already seen Ashton Kutcher’s acceptance speech at the Teen Choice Awards, you need to. It’s rare that you will see such wisdom coming out of Hollywood. Tip of the Hat, Ashton…. or is it Chris?...
by United Families International | Jul 10, 2013 | Child Development, Education, Family, Parents, UFI Blog
Kali Davis Children can be very resilient, bouncing back from a number of things such as physical trauma, poverty, or chronic illness. Children are able to do this due to their young age and also because they are encouraged, loved and supported through such difficult...
by United Families International | Jun 28, 2013 | Abstinence, Education, Parents
Emily Green and Christiana Phillips Do you remember being in the halls of your high school, or, more commonly, in the locker room, with some friends and hearing about what others have learned, heard, or experienced relating to sex? What about the first time you...
by United Families International | May 20, 2013 | Child Development, Education, Parents, Schools
Kristi Kane My daughter who is graduating from high school this month announced to me that many of her friends are not. Tonight my husband and I took our boys and their friends to a movie and saw one of our girls’ friends. She works at the theater. She had...
