by United Families International | Oct 29, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Family, Family Planning, father, Feminism, Gender Identity, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, stay-at-home mom, The Family, Values, working mothers
by Teralynn Nordgren If any of you are fans of J.R. Tolkien, then you are likely familiar with The Hobbit. My husband loves The Hobbit – the book and the movies. While I am not as avid a fan as he is, I have seen the movies, and there is a quote in one of the films...
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 2, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, Feminism, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, Values, working mothers
by Mekelle Tenney I recently became an official stay at home mom. My husband and I had our first child three months ago. About three weeks before our daughter was born I clocked out for my last day of work…well my last day of work at the office. I had decided well...
by United Families International | Aug 13, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Family, father, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers
by Jodi Walker 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 | Dec 19, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, Religion, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, 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 | 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...