by United Families International | May 17, 2011 | Child Development, Family, Parents, UFI Blog
By Rachel Allison We always assume that families eating together would help strengthen family ties and raise better-adjusted kids, but specific studies have been done over the years that prove our assumptions by highlighting the benefits of time spent together at the...
by United Families International | May 3, 2011 | Child Development, motherhood, Parents, UFI Blog
By Rachel Allison “We parents are the first and most important teachers of our children and teens. We must accept this fact as a personal challenge to our creative nature and to our intent. Our children will thrive in direct proportion to how reliably they can count...
by United Families International | Apr 4, 2011 | Family, motherhood, UFI Blog, Values
by Rachel Allison It was Sociology 111 where I was introduced to “the looking-glass self.” It was a concept created by Charles Horton Cooley in 1902. He claimed, “We see ourselves through the eyes of other people, even to the extent that we incorporate their views...
by United Families International | Nov 18, 2010 | Child Development, Family, Parents, UFI Blog
If you want your children to learn teamwork skills and how to get along with others, don’t put them on a sports team…keep them home. It seems that “doing things with the family” is a much more effective way to build character than spending time with peers or,...
