by United Families International | Dec 4, 2014 | adoption, Child Development, Family, UFI Blog
Rebecca Mallory If you remember this great number 1 hit from “Sister Sledge” in the ’70’s, then that dates us both! (I always thought it was “The Pointer Sisters” who sang that. Nope!) We are family. Sometimes I sit in church...
by United Families International | Apr 30, 2014 | Child Development, Diane Robertson, Education, Family, Research, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson Many parents across the nation are wary, worried, and bemused by the new Common Core standards. An important part of Common Core is the standardized testing. To prepare students for the tests, school administrators are enforcing strict instruction for...
by United Families International | Apr 29, 2014 | Child Development, Family, Grandparents, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Liz Mackay It was a typical Monday morning with children to awaken and help prepare for the day, lunches to pack, laundry to oversee, vacuuming to start. As I moved forward to accomplish these needed tasks, my two youngest children kept coming up and petitioning me...
by United Families International | Feb 19, 2013 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Grandparents, motherhood, Parents, The Family, Values
Rachel Allison I’m visiting my daughter and son-in-law this week in Wisconsin. During the course of our telephone conversation weeks ago, I asked my daughter what her children needed…new nightgowns or skirts? They love Nana’s home-sewn flannel nightgowns and...
by United Families International | Aug 24, 2012 | Eugenics, Parents, Polls
Here’s the question we asked UFI readers: “If genetic engineering were to give parents the ability to screen out ‘personality flaws’ in their children, would you take advantage of it?” Here’s how readers responded: 0 Percent Yes 97 Percent No 3...
