by United Families International | Dec 12, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, motherhood, Parents, Religion, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Tashica Jacobsen In fifth grade we made dream catchers at school. Our schools theme that year was “catch the dream,” and so in the center of each one, on a piece of clay, we carved what it was we wanted to be when we grew up. I wrote mother on mine. And that is when...
by United Families International | Nov 14, 2014 | Child Development, Cohabitation, Divorce, Drug Use, Family, father, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Sexual Freedom, Single Mothers, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers
Maddi Gillel Beverly was six or seven when her parents divorced. She had a brother just 2-3 years older and 2 sisters older than that. Her mother, of course, had to go to work, and just as important, find a new man in her life. So Beverly and her brother went home...
by United Families International | Nov 13, 2014 | adoption, Birth Rate, Breastfeeding, Child Development, Family, Family Planning, father, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers
Rebecca Mallory We thought there was pressure raising our four girls during the 80’s. All four girls are now very busy wives and mothers but believe me, my life was cake compared to theirs. In the 80’s my diaper bag said “Safeway” on it....
by United Families International | Nov 4, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, Feminism, Health Care, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, Women's Rights
Nathalie Bowman Over the past few days, there has been an uproar among conservative Americans surrounding President Obama’s speech on October 31 at Rhode Island College. After he opened with a few jokes, mentioned going trick-or-treating with Michelle because his...
by United Families International | Oct 15, 2014 | Child Development, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Education, Family, father, Gender, Marriage, Non-Discrimination, Parents, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Schools, Sexual Orientation, Single Mothers, stay-at-home mom, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers
Diane Robertson I turned 39 today! Yup, that’s right. Today is my 39th birthday. Next year, I will be the big 4-0. A lot has happened in my almost forty years. I remember how in the fourth grade I was asked to draw a picture depicting something that would happen in...
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...
