by United Families International | Oct 9, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, Freedom, Parents, Schools, stay-at-home mom, Values, working mothers
By Beckie Mann Remember kindergarten? The bright sunny classroom full of toys with a piano in the corner, naptime on little mats, the cute furry classroom mascot, and memorizing the Gettysburg’s address for the school’s President’s Day picnic. Oh, wait. That was a...
by United Families International | Oct 8, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, Media, motherhood, Parents, Values
by Becky Mann Most Saturday afternoons you will find my youngest son and me at the laundromat. While the machines are doing the heavy work, you will hear me reading to my son. You may recognize Jules Verne, Louis L’amour, or J.K. Rowling. My fifteen year-old is long...
by United Families International | Oct 6, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Drug Use, Education, Family, Media, Research, Technology, The Family, Values
by Jessica Westfall Part 1 This is the first of a three part series exploring the debate around legalization of marijuana and decriminalization of all drugs. “Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong” is a TED talk by Johann Hari. It has become pretty...
by United Families International | Oct 5, 2015 | Child Development, Constitution, Education, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Media, Parental Rights, Schools, Sovereignty, Technology, Values
by JaKell Sullivan The federal government has absolutely no constitutional right to control curriculum, but they’re doing it anyway. In a 2011 video for the Whitehouse’s Learning Registry, Steve Midgley, the Deputy Director of Education Technology for the US...
by United Families International | Oct 2, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, Feminism, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, Values, working mothers
by Mekelle Tenney I recently became an official stay at home mom. My husband and I had our first child three months ago. About three weeks before our daughter was born I clocked out for my last day of work…well my last day of work at the office. I had decided well...
by United Families International | Oct 1, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Domestic Violence, Family, father, Gender Identity, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Values, Violence
By Deborah Wene Have you ever looked at a couple and wanted to be them because they seem to have the perfect marriage? Many teens experience this. Growing up, I had this perfect marriage in mind and hoped that I would someday find the right person to live the dream...