by United Families International | Oct 15, 2014 | Child Development, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Education, Family, father, Gender, Marriage, Non-Discrimination, Parents, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Schools, Sexual Orientation, Single Mothers, stay-at-home mom, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers
Diane Robertson I turned 39 today! Yup, that’s right. Today is my 39th birthday. Next year, I will be the big 4-0. A lot has happened in my almost forty years. I remember how in the fourth grade I was asked to draw a picture depicting something that would happen in...
by United Families International | Oct 3, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Grandparents, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Maddi Gillel Yes, you hafta !!!!! How many times have we as parents, heard this from our children when we ask them to clean their rooms, practice the piano, mow the lawn, take out the trash? This article is for you parents who need some encouragement to keep on and...
by United Families International | Oct 2, 2014 | Child Development, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, Research, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory It was a crisp fall day nearly 20 years ago that I was frantically driving a carpool of girls to their mandatory dance class for all company performers four days a week right after school. Among them was my daughter, Brooke who was in the fourth grade...
by United Families International | Oct 1, 2014 | Child Development, Constitution, Defense of Marriage Act, Diane Robertson, Gender, Marriage, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Supreme Court, The Family, Transgender, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson Behind closed doors, the justices on the Supreme Court are considering taking gay marriage cases from five states: Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The Justices put these cases at the top of their schedule. All five states had either...
by United Families International | Sep 30, 2014 | Abortion, Child Development, Cohabitation, Family, Feminism, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Sanctity of Life, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman It seems silly to bring this up. After all, women are more free in this day and age than in any other time in history. But has the “freedom” of women really made them more free? The Women’s Liberation movement freed women’s bodies (“the bikini meant...
by United Families International | Sep 26, 2014 | Child Development, Elder Care, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Mom had a special way of making a task seem less daunting when I was growing up. Her deportment was kindness, shown through soft and encouraging words, through quiet acts of service, and through her genuine belief in our ability to do hard things. Every Saturday was a...