by United Families International | May 4, 2011 | Child Development, Cohabitation, Parents, Same-Sex Marriage, UFI Blog
Ann Bailey “When it comes to raising children, four hands are better than two – and it doesn’t matter who’s at the end of the hands,” insisted the UN “expert.” It was at a meeting I attended in back in February and I still bristle when I think about it. How dare...
by United Families International | Apr 14, 2011 | Civil Unions, Cohabitation, Domestic Partners, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, UFI Blog
By Carol Soelberg In cities and counties across the country we are hearing of efforts being made to implement domestic partnership registries as a means to “satisfy the needs” of homosexual couples who can not be legally married. While these communities are committed...
by United Families International | Mar 21, 2011 | Cohabitation, Divorce, Marriage, Myth Buster, UFI Blog
You wouldn’t buy a car without test driving it first, so why would you choose a marriage partner without a test drive – or so the contemporary wisdom goes. Living together or “cohabitation” has increased by 75 percent over the last 20 years. Yet the research...
by United Families International | Jan 28, 2011 | Cohabitation, Marriage, Research, UFI Blog
The happily married not only live longer by engaging in a healthier lifestyle, but they also have more friends. This new round of news articles regarding the “marriage advantage,” comes from major studies done in seven European countries. Some of the key research...
by United Families International | Jan 17, 2011 | Birth Rate, Cohabitation, Marriage, Myth Buster, Schools, UFI Blog
We regularly read of the need for more sex education in our schools in an effort to avoid teen pregnancy. Shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant garner lots of attention and add to the perception that the biggest problem with out-wedlock-child bearing can be found...
by United Families International | Dec 30, 2010 | Abstinence, Cohabitation, Marriage, UFI Blog
Waiting until marriage to have sex had the strongest correlations with positive outcomes for the marital relationship concludes a new study published in the December issue of the Journal of Family Psychology. According to the study, married couples who delayed having...
