by United Families International | Jun 1, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Constitution, Diane Robertson, Family, father, Free Speech, Freedom, Gender, Gender Identity, Grandparents, LGBT, Non-Discrimination, Same-Sex Attraction, Sexual Freedom, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, The Family, Transgender, Values
by Diane Robertson “’Do you remember,’ he went on, ‘writing in your diary, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four”?’ ‘Yes,’ said Winston. O’Brien held up his left hand, its back towards Winston, with the thumb hidden and the four fingers extended....
by United Families International | May 31, 2016 | Birth Rate, Child Development, Choice, Demographic Decline, Family, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Values
By Candice LeSueur The median age of marriage in the United States has risen subtly in the past several decades. In 1970, the average age to wed was 22 and crept up to 27 in 2010. These statistics aren’t sitting too well for those who are growing impatient as they...
by United Families International | May 27, 2016 | Choice, Euthanasia, Family, Freedom, Health Care, Physician Assisted Suicide, Sanctity of Life, Values
By Ally Fife Recently, a woman in her twenties who had suffered sexual abuse as a child, was given a lethal injection at her own request to die. Her psychiatrists and doctors all felt it was in her best interest that she be allowed to choose this eternal sleep,...
by United Families International | May 25, 2016 | Abortion, Abstinence, Birth Rate, Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Date rape, Demographic Decline, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Education, Family, Feminism, Free Speech, Grandparents, Health Care, Marriage, Parents, Population Control, Sanctity of Life, Schools, Sex Education, Sexual Freedom, Single Mothers, Values
by Diane Robertson Every now and then I think of my grandparents and great grandparents and what society must have been like for them. Things were different back then. People married younger and the divorce rate was under 15%. Babies born to unwed mothers was under...
by United Families International | May 24, 2016 | Abstinence, Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Domestic Violence, Education, Family, Free Speech, Media, Parental Rights, Parents, Research, Sexual Freedom, Technology, Values, Violence
Sexual content and violence on TV and the potential effect it has on our kids. by Cinthia Jahnsen We all have been there. The awkward moment where we feel that what we are watching on television, or at the movies is not appropriate for our kids. (OrUS for that...
by United Families International | May 23, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Family, Marriage, Parents, Values
by Erin Weist There is a saying that my husband and I use regularly in our home that we’ve learned from having kids: sleep begets sleep. As naive parents we thought that if our baby or toddler missed a nap it would make him extra tired so he’d sleep really, really...