by United Families International | Oct 5, 2012 | Cohabitation, Divorce, Family, motherhood, Parents
Greg Barlow Recently I was in a physician’s waiting room with several other patients including a very loud and needy young boy. With nervous smiles around everyone settled in to make the best of flying crayons and toys and magazines strewn throughout. As a woman...
by United Families International | Oct 2, 2012 | Child Development, Family, father, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Religion, stay-at-home mom, The Family, Values
Rachel Allison My husband and I have totally different parenting styles. I have often wondered how I ended up being the strict disciplinarian. He on the other hand had an open-door policy with our children. Any time a discussion or heart to heart conversation was...
by United Families International | Sep 26, 2012 | Family, motherhood, Parents
Rachel Allison My aunt died this week. My mom only had one brother. Because I grew up just four blocks away from him and my Aunt Barbara, I feel that my second mom has passed away. Because I had two girl cousins that were close to my own age, I spent a lot of time...
by United Families International | Sep 21, 2012 | Bioethics, motherhood, Parents
Here’s the question we asked UFI readers: “Women: Would you consider being a surrogate mother for an adult child or other family member?” Here’s how readers responded: 16 percent “Yes” 65 percent “No Way” 19 percent “Uncertain” This question was...
by United Families International | Aug 21, 2012 | Child Development, motherhood, Parents
Rachel Allison According to the childstats.gov website, over half of America’s children are being raised in daycares. The first time I ever thought about a “daycare child” was before I had children of my own. I was with my friend at a park and a huge bus pulled up,...
by United Families International | Aug 20, 2012 | Child Development, Education, motherhood, Parents
Ann Bailey As new college coeds get ready to start school, chances are they’re going to notice that there are fewer men in their classes. In fact, the discrepancy stands at about 57 percent women to 43 percent men. Women began to exceed men in college enrollment in...
