by UFI Blog | Feb 8, 2018 | Education, Parental Rights, Parents, Schools, Sex Education
By Tonya Cox I am sure we can all remember the first time we had the talk about “the birds and the bees.” In my experience, most kids react with disgust at the very notion of sexual intercourse when it is first introduced. I know my children did. Nevertheless, having...
by UFI Blog | Aug 21, 2017 | Education, Schools
By McKayla Skinner My grandmothers were deeply impacted by the world wars. One was left without a father for a time, as he was a prisoner of war, and the other was a military wife who sometimes lived on the brink of starvation during a famine. Though both lived in...
by UFI Blog | Jul 19, 2017 | Diane Robertson, Education, Family, Parents, Schools
by Diane Robertson As a parent of many children, I have run the gamut of affordable school choices. I started my kids in public school. Dabbled for a couple years in home schooling, tried out a renowned charter school and ultimately pulled my kids out formal schooling...
by UFI Blog | Jan 19, 2017 | Education, Parents
by Cathi Bond After having two gifted daughters with exceptional language skills, I recognized right off when our third child, a son, was going to need extra help to learn to read. I explained to him that when he learned to read, the entire world would be his oyster!...
by UFI Blog | Oct 26, 2016 | Diane Robertson, Education, Gender, Gender Identity, Schools, Supreme Court, Transgender
by Diane Robertson A couple of years ago, President Obama quietly changed Title IX by adding transgender to the law. Last Spring, the Obama administration stated that all schools that did not allow students to use locker rooms, bathrooms, and sports teams according to...
by UFI Blog | Oct 19, 2016 | Diane Robertson, Education, Gender, Gender Identity, Parental Rights
by Diane Robertson Have you ever wondered where is the outrage? When the president mandated that through Title IX all schools receiving any federal funding had to allow students to use the bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams according to self-proclaimed gender...
