by United Families International | Mar 25, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, Family Planning, father, Grandparents, motherhood, Parents, Religion, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Chuck Malone Time is Limited! As co-parents of 5 active children, my wife and I determined early on that we would only have a limited time to create lasting and hopefully character building experiences as a family. We watched older children of other family’s, age and...
by United Families International | Mar 23, 2015 | Child Development, Drug Use, Education, Family, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kristen Jan Cannon An important parenting lesson that many parents often fail to learn is helping children understand the major difference between shame and guilt. Unfortunately, adults often don’t understand this concept themselves, and mixing these two very...
by United Families International | Mar 20, 2015 | Abstinence, Birth Rate, Cohabitation, Divorce, Family, father, Marriage, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Gary Boyd Seth Freed Wessler, writing for nbcnews.com, charges the economy with the low percentages of married young people and the rapidly diminishing institution of the American middle-class family. As industrial and professional jobs for men that paid a living wage...
by United Families International | Mar 19, 2015 | Child Development, Family, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Erika Walker I recently became reminded of a television show that I watched occasionally in high school. The program centered around a close-knit mother-daughter duo who reside in a small town. Throughout the show, the closeness of their relationship is attributed to...
by United Families International | Mar 17, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Media, motherhood, Parents, Research, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman The concerns: “Leave me Alone!” your 7 year old shouts at you as he runs to his bedroom and slams the door, angry that you’re not giving him what he wants even though he knows he has to do his chores first. You turn around and there is your 12 year old...
by United Families International | Mar 15, 2015 | Child Development, Family, father, Marriage, Media, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kelsi Shipley Recently I had a conversation with an adorable five-year-old boy. At one point he confided in me that he thinks his mom is a negative person. Knowing this boy’s mother, I was surprised by the accusation, and assured him she wasn’t. We talked about...
