by UFI Blog | Aug 4, 2016 | Child Development, Education, Family, Parents, Schools, Values
By Candice LeSueur According to a Columbia University survey, 85 percent of American parents feel it is important to tell their kids they are smart. It seems honorable, but is praising your children for their intelligence really the smart thing to do in the long run?...
by UFI Blog | Jul 28, 2016 | Child Development, Education, Family, Freedom, Health Care, Non-Discrimination, Sanctity of Life, Schools, Values, Violence
By Candice LeSueur A few months ago, I was informed a family had moved from Haiti into our area and needed help learning English. They were not living in the most ideal of circumstances and, therefore, fled their native country and arrived here via asylum. It wasn’t...
by UFI Blog | Jul 26, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, Freedom, Parental Rights, Parents, Research, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, Values
By Cinthia Jahnsen Have you ever thought of homeschooling as an option for your child’s education? My kids go to public school right now and I have loved their teachers. However, I do not love how much teachers seem to be losing their authority on how and what they...
by UFI Blog | Jul 13, 2016 | Constitution, Diane Robertson, Education, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Religious Freedom, Schools, Sovereignty, Supreme Court, Values
Diane Robertson The Founding Fathers of the United States were keenly aware of the right to property and its connection to freedom. Before the Revolutionary war, the British would send troops over to the colonies and quarter them in the homes of the people. The people...
by UFI Blog | Jul 5, 2016 | Abstinence, AIDS, Birth Rate, Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, Health Care, Marriage, Parents, Research, Schools, Sex Education, Sexual Freedom, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Single Mothers, Values
By Cinthia Jahnsen The stork. An angel. Maybe a baby factory. A train. “Mom, where do babies come from?” Could this be one of the most dreaded questions that a parent is faced with? I was really worried about this topic of conversation when my kids became old enough...
by UFI Blog | Jun 15, 2016 | Abstinence, Child Abuse, Child Development, Cohabitation, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Education, Family, father, Marriage, Marriage and Family, Parents, Schools, Sexual Freedom, Single Mothers, Values
by Diane Robertson When I was a child, I wanted to be just like my dad. If he asked for mustard on his sandwich, I asked for mustard on mine. If he liked watching Star Trek, then so did I. It really didn’t matter what it was, I thought my dad was the greatest and...
