by UFI Blog | Jul 29, 2016 | Child Abuse, Child Development, Choice, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Family, father, Marriage, Marriage and Family, Parents, The Family, Values, Violence
By Lizzy Sabin When we’re young we’re encouraged to find our niche in life. Our personal form of self-expression to help us process hard moments and emotions, which everyone faces. When my teenage mind could no longer handle the things I was experiencing I chose to...
by UFI Blog | Jul 28, 2016 | Child Development, Education, Family, Freedom, Health Care, Non-Discrimination, Sanctity of Life, Schools, Values, Violence
By Candice LeSueur A few months ago, I was informed a family had moved from Haiti into our area and needed help learning English. They were not living in the most ideal of circumstances and, therefore, fled their native country and arrived here via asylum. It wasn’t...
by UFI Blog | Jul 26, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, Freedom, Parental Rights, Parents, Research, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, Values
By Cinthia Jahnsen Have you ever thought of homeschooling as an option for your child’s education? My kids go to public school right now and I have loved their teachers. However, I do not love how much teachers seem to be losing their authority on how and what they...
by UFI Blog | Jul 22, 2016 | Child Development, Divorce, Family, father, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, working mothers
By Shanci Christensen The door slammed shut as if it were shouting, “Goodbye old house!” I locked the door behind him and then stood in the kitchen with my hands shaking and my heart pounding. “Did I do the right thing?” I heard a noise behind me and turned to see...
by UFI Blog | Jul 20, 2016 | Child Development, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Education, Family, father, Freedom, Marriage and Family, motherhood, Parental Rights, Parents, The Family, Values
By: Diane Robertson Parents who do you think is best qualified to listen to, advise, and help your children? Would you name a doctor, a teacher, or a social worker, or do you believe that listening to, advising, and helping your children is your primary...
by UFI Blog | Jul 12, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Drug Use, Family, Health Care, Sanctity of Life
By Cinthia Jahnsen Every night around 9pm, my husband and I rush around the house to shut all the windows. It reminds me of Mary Poppins when the cannon goes off at the neighbor’s house and everyone goes to their “posts” to prepare for the incoming blast. (If you...