by United Families International | Sep 23, 2014 | Child Development, Parents, UFI Blog
A debate is currently raging over appropriate forms of discipline. So what might “appropriate” discipline look like? By Nathalie Bowman This is the final piece in a 3 part series. Read Part 1: Is the “Ideal” for Real? and Part 2: Is the Ideal for Real:...
by United Families International | Sep 22, 2014 | Child Development, Down Syndrome, Education, Family, Gender, Non-Discrimination, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kristen Jan Heimuli In all the debates and conversations regarding civil rights it is easy to focus primarily on the struggles of race or gender. And while those struggles have been extremely profound, we tend to forget about a very special population-the last...
by United Families International | Sep 19, 2014 | Child Development, Divorce, Drug Use, Education, Family, father, Grandparents, Marriage, Parents, Religion, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Maddi Gillel Have you ever been trying to get somewhere, such as in a different city, state, or country? Did you have a map? Did you speak the language so that you could ask? We’ve all been in this situation. Some of us are born with a compass in our heads, some are...
by United Families International | Sep 18, 2014 | Diane Robertson, Drug Use, Education, Family, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory Anybody out there old enough to remember the old MAD Magazine icon Alfred E. Neuman? Every issue donned his face with the same goofy look of complete oblivion to life. Not a care in the world. That goofy face should have donned the cover of one of the...
by United Families International | Sep 17, 2014 | Child Development, Constitution, Diane Robertson, Family, father, Gender, Marriage, Parents, Proposition 8, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson We live in a time that many refer to as an “age of entitlement”. There are books and papers written about parents hassling teachers to give their children higher grades, or bosses talking about parents calling them up to tell them they have to hire...
by United Families International | Sep 16, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman This is the second in a three part parenting series. Read Part 1 here. Peaceful parenting…..what kind of thoughts come to your mind as you read those words? Do you ever “lose it” with your children, then afterwards, you wonder where that came from and...
