by UFI Blog | Jun 9, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, father, Freedom, Health Care, Marriage, Marriage and Family, Parents, Schools, Values
by Rebecca Mallory “Everyone should be required to take economics and civics!” If I had a dime for every time my dad said that to one of his 9 children, I’d be rich. My dad was an economics and math major in college which unfortunately, didn’t completely transfer to...
by UFI Blog | Jun 6, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Family, father, Freedom, Gender, Gender Identity, Grandparents, Marriage, Parents, Same-Sex Attraction, Sexual Orientation, Values
By Candice LeSueur It is common for heterosexual parents to feel disappointment, anger, shock, or guilt when their child “comes out.” All other family members may initially have feelings of disbelief or denial as they come to terms with a new reality that becomes a...
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 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...
