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Fidelity Before Pride
June is upon us and it’s a month filled with lots of patriotic (Flag Day on June 14) and family holidays. Happy Father’s Day to the wonderful men in our lives! We don’t know what we’d do without you and we don’t ever want to find out! It’s also a month that’s been...
Letting the term “spouse” move toward extinction?
As I’ve read and listened to all the controversy surrounding “trad wives” and NFL player Harrison Butker’s commencement address, I noticed that one thing is rarely mentioned - how these various family structures and women working outside the home impact children. It’s...
Time Sensitive message: Are Children a Blight or a Blessing?
Are Children a Blight or a Blessing? During the last week of April, 2024, media outlets around the world ran stories on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control new report stating the U.S. fertility rate has dropped to a startling 1.62, the lowest rates in almost 50 years...
What’s really at stake in the abortion pill case before the Supreme Court
Comedian Bill Maher has a tendency to say, “the quiet part out loud.” Recently, while addressing the topic of abortion with guests on his show, Maher acknowledged that abortionis (or "kind of is") murder, but then he condones it anyway. Leading us to conclude murder...
College Students and Professors are Threatened at the UN
As we move into the final week of the two-week meetings for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), we are happy to share some of the challenges and the successes. UFI was honored to have as part of our team: 16 students, five professors,...
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The Ripple Effects of Divorce
June 10, 2024 By Becky Tingey Have you ever dropped a pebble in a lake and watched the ripples move across thewater like concentric circles? The circles get bigger and bigger as they spread out. It is afascinating thing to observe. Ripples are a great metaphor for...
Being the Powerful Influence in the Lives of Our Children
June 5, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner Part 2 of 2 During the height of the 2020 pandemic, when everyday felt like an apocalyptic fever dream, 13-year-old Ash Eskridge found herself struggling with depression. She turned to social media to help her through the long, empty...
Do We Know Who Is Influencing Our Kids?
May 27, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner Part 1 of 2 Social media and I have a love/hate relationship. There are some things I love about it, and more things I hate. But one thing is certain…it has become a significant part of our daily lives and culture. The pull...
Harrison Butker reminds us there is truth
May 20, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner If hearing the name Harrison Butker doesn’t immediately catch your attention, there’s a good chance you haven’t been paying attention to the news or social media within the past week. Butker, an NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs,...
The Most Valuable Yet Forgotten Job
May 14, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner Recently, I spent time sorting through old family photos with my 79-year-old mother. For the past year and a half, she has been battling pancreatic cancer. After aggressive treatment the doctors determined there was nothing more they...
Parenting with Empathy-Why It Matters
May 6, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner On a hot, August day in 1971, a group of 24 male college students arrived at Stanford University to participate in a two week-long experiment. Very little was known about what would be expected, but they were promised $15 per...
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