by United Families International | Oct 2, 2014 | Child Development, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, Research, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory It was a crisp fall day nearly 20 years ago that I was frantically driving a carpool of girls to their mandatory dance class for all company performers four days a week right after school. Among them was my daughter, Brooke who was in the fourth grade...
by United Families International | Sep 30, 2014 | Abortion, Child Development, Cohabitation, Family, Feminism, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Sanctity of Life, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman It seems silly to bring this up. After all, women are more free in this day and age than in any other time in history. But has the “freedom” of women really made them more free? The Women’s Liberation movement freed women’s bodies (“the bikini meant...
by United Families International | Sep 26, 2014 | Child Development, Elder Care, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Mom had a special way of making a task seem less daunting when I was growing up. Her deportment was kindness, shown through soft and encouraging words, through quiet acts of service, and through her genuine belief in our ability to do hard things. Every Saturday was a...
by United Families International | Sep 18, 2014 | Diane Robertson, Drug Use, Education, Family, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory Anybody out there old enough to remember the old MAD Magazine icon Alfred E. Neuman? Every issue donned his face with the same goofy look of complete oblivion to life. Not a care in the world. That goofy face should have donned the cover of one of the...
by United Families International | Sep 16, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman This is the second in a three part parenting series. Read Part 1 here. Peaceful parenting…..what kind of thoughts come to your mind as you read those words? Do you ever “lose it” with your children, then afterwards, you wonder where that came from and...
by United Families International | Sep 10, 2014 | Birth Rate, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Drug Use, Education, Euthanasia, Family, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson Experiencing the birth of my own ten children has taught me something about pain and endurance. When I had my first baby, I was not prepared for the pain. The earlier pains of labor crippled me and brought tears to my eyes....
