by United Families International | Jun 26, 2014 | Child Development, Constitution, Education, Family, motherhood, Parents, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, working mothers
Rebecca Mallory You’ve heard it said a million times: “There are two kinds of people. Those who make it happen and those who sit back and watch it happen.” That is so true! I asked some people this past week what they would love to see in this blog....
by United Families International | Jun 11, 2014 | Abortion, Birth Rate, Child Development, Date rape, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Education, Family, father, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Schools, Single Mothers, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, Violence
Diane Robertson Fatherhood is noble. Despite the fact that popular movies tend to make fathers out to be stupid or incapable, mothers, children, and society need fathers. Mothers need fathers present. When I had my first baby it did not take me long to realize just...
by United Families International | Jun 2, 2014 | Constitution, Education, Free Speech, Schools, Sovereignty, Supreme Court, UFI Blog
Kristi Kane Two weeks ago, I wrote my first blog on Civics 101. It consisted of the first 25 questions (out of 100), for the “Civics flash cards for the naturalization test.” In today’s blog, you will be quizzed on questions 26-50. People who would like to become...
by United Families International | May 29, 2014 | Parents, Schools, UFI Blog
While enrollment of children in pre-schools and kindergarten is for the most part optional, “early learning” advocates and the daycare lobbyists continue in their efforts to make preschool mandatory. These folks insist that pre-K programs promote “school readiness”...
by United Families International | May 29, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Free Speech, Grandparents, Parental Rights, Schools, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory Do you think Alice Cooper was forewarning us about Common Core with that annoying song, incessantly repeated every May by school kids across the fruited plain? I wonder how our parents would have reacted when they yelled at us to, “Turn that...
by United Families International | May 14, 2014 | Child Development, Diane Robertson, Education, Gender, Non-Discrimination, Schools, Sexual Orientation, Transgender, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson In 1972 federal law makers came up with a law known as Title IX that prohibits discrimination in education based on sex (gender). The idea behind the law was that any educational program receiving federal funding had to apply the programs to both boys...
