by UFI Blog | Sep 14, 2016 | Cohabitation, Divorce, Education, Family, Marriage, Marriage and Family, Single Mothers
by Whitney Ireland It seems that we are constantly hearing about how far the U.S. lags behind other industrialized nations in education. After testing more than 510,000 students in 65 countries and economies on maths, reading and science, the 2012 Program for...
by UFI Blog | Jul 7, 2016 | Child Development, Cohabitation, Education, Family, Marriage, Marriage and Family
By Candice LeSueur It has been said that if you want to see where our society currently stands on the social spectrum, look to the popular TV shows that are being aired. I haven’t watched very much television at all the past few years, so I decided to do my...
by UFI Blog | Jul 6, 2016 | Abstinence, Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Constitution, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Family, father, Free Speech, Freedom, Gender, LGBT, Marriage, Marriage and Family, Parents, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Freedom, Sexual Orientation, The Family, Values
by Diane Robertson A nation can never be better than its families. For much of the history of the United States beginning with the founding of the colonies, families devoted their lives to God. They did not all have the same religious beliefs, but they held strong...
by UFI Blog | Jul 1, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Divorce, Family, father, Health Care, Marriage, Marriage and Family, Parents, Research, Sexual Freedom, The Family, Values
by Tashica Jacobson There are many benefits that come from marriage. The couple, the children and even society is influenced by marriage. In a study of unhappily married couples, those who stayed together were happily married five years later. (Waite, 2002). While...
by UFI Blog | Jun 15, 2016 | Abstinence, Child Abuse, Child Development, Cohabitation, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Education, Family, father, Marriage, Marriage and Family, Parents, Schools, Sexual Freedom, Single Mothers, Values
by Diane Robertson When I was a child, I wanted to be just like my dad. If he asked for mustard on his sandwich, I asked for mustard on mine. If he liked watching Star Trek, then so did I. It really didn’t matter what it was, I thought my dad was the greatest and...
by United Families International | May 25, 2016 | Abortion, Abstinence, Birth Rate, Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Date rape, Demographic Decline, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Education, Family, Feminism, Free Speech, Grandparents, Health Care, Marriage, Parents, Population Control, Sanctity of Life, Schools, Sex Education, Sexual Freedom, Single Mothers, Values
by Diane Robertson Every now and then I think of my grandparents and great grandparents and what society must have been like for them. Things were different back then. People married younger and the divorce rate was under 15%. Babies born to unwed mothers was under...