by UFI Blog | Oct 12, 2018 | Family, Marriage and Family, Parents, working mothers
By Marci Nelson I grew up in a large family. My parents had four sons and four daughters, and we lived a very happy childhood where my siblings and I felt immense love and safety. For as long as I can remember, my dad has been a cemetery caretaker. This means that he...
by UFI Blog | Jun 10, 2018 | Child Development, Family, father, Marriage and Family, Parents
by Courtney Aintablian Fatherless-ness: it is an epidemic. We see it in our schools, work places, churches – you cannot miss it. It has become the “norm” to see a mother raising her children on her own.. What has happened in our society? Have men lost their sense of...
by UFI Blog | Mar 19, 2018 | Family, Marriage and Family
By McKayla Skinner When it comes to good health many Pediatricians will include family meals as part of their triage. This is not solely in honor of the maxim “Families who eat together, stay together,” rather it is built upon research findings that suggests that if a...
by UFI Blog | Mar 14, 2018 | Family, father, Marriage, Marriage and Family, motherhood, Parents, Violence
By Miriam Merrill Regardless of which side of the gun control dichotomy you fall on, I think we can all agree on one thing: lives are precious. As the nation tries to make sense of these recent tragic events, several alleged social and political culprits have been...
by UFI Blog | Jan 26, 2018 | Family, Marriage, Marriage and Family
By Marci Nelson I get it. You want to help, but you don’t think you can make much of a difference. You’re a college student, a mother, a father, a grandparent. You don’t have the money, the resources, or the time to get involved. We avoid watching the news because it...
by UFI Blog | Jan 18, 2018 | Family, father, Marriage and Family
By McKayla Skinner There are currently an estimated 70.1 million fathers in the United States. Most of them consider their role as a father as core to their identity. However, fathers face great challenges , as well as opportunities, as they decide what matters most...
