by United Families International | Nov 4, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, motherhood, Parents, Research, Schools, The Family, Values
by Jessica Westfall I have always been drawn to the behaviorist approach. The ability to support good behavior and ignore or punish bad behavior and get desired results sits well with me. However, I have been reading Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn, and he...
by United Families International | Oct 22, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, father, Marriage, Parents, Schools, The Family, Values
by Tashica Jacobson Studies, opinions, social science, commonly known facts, and psychology have all shown and continue to show that the single most influential factor in an individual’s life is the family structure that they grew up in. It affects their behavior,...
by United Families International | Oct 21, 2015 | Choice, Constitution, Education, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Parents, Religious Freedom, Religious rights, Schools, Values
by Mekelle Tenney Human nature never fails to produce threats to freedom. Strong convictions are a necessary defense against governments, groups, institutions, and individuals who seek dominance over others. Conviction is merely a firmly held belief or opinion. I...
by United Families International | Oct 13, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Drug Use, Education, Family, Freedom, Health Care, Media, Research, Sanctity of Life, Schools, The Family, Values
By Jessica Westfall Last week Johann Hari’s views on drug legalization and human connections were explored, let’s look at an opposing side. Addiction psychiatrist from Arizona, Dr. Ed Gogek, has written a book titled, Marijuana Debunked. While Gogek...
by United Families International | Oct 9, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, Freedom, Parents, Schools, stay-at-home mom, Values, working mothers
By Beckie Mann Remember kindergarten? The bright sunny classroom full of toys with a piano in the corner, naptime on little mats, the cute furry classroom mascot, and memorizing the Gettysburg’s address for the school’s President’s Day picnic. Oh, wait. That was a...
by United Families International | Oct 5, 2015 | Child Development, Constitution, Education, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Media, Parental Rights, Schools, Sovereignty, Technology, Values
by JaKell Sullivan The federal government has absolutely no constitutional right to control curriculum, but they’re doing it anyway. In a 2011 video for the Whitehouse’s Learning Registry, Steve Midgley, the Deputy Director of Education Technology for the US...
