by United Families International | Jan 17, 2011 | Birth Rate, Cohabitation, Marriage, Myth Buster, Schools, UFI Blog
We regularly read of the need for more sex education in our schools in an effort to avoid teen pregnancy. Shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant garner lots of attention and add to the perception that the biggest problem with out-wedlock-child bearing can be found...
by United Families International | Dec 30, 2010 | Abstinence, Cohabitation, Marriage, UFI Blog
Waiting until marriage to have sex had the strongest correlations with positive outcomes for the marital relationship concludes a new study published in the December issue of the Journal of Family Psychology. According to the study, married couples who delayed having...
by United Families International | Dec 21, 2010 | Abstinence, Cohabitation, Family, Marriage, UFI Blog
Who is more likely to marry and then bear children? 1) a young woman who got a year or two of education at a local college 2) a young woman who has a graduate degree from Berkley or Harvard? The answer: on average, the young woman with the graduate degree from a...
by United Families International | Dec 10, 2010 | Cohabitation, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, UFI Blog
“The legalization of polygamy will soon follow the legalization of same-sex marriage. The arguments in favor of same-sex marriage are identical arguments that can be applied to the legalization of polygamy.” We’ve been saying it for years and so have many others…in...
by United Families International | Dec 8, 2010 | Cohabitation, Divorce, father, Marriage, UFI Blog
Last week we published the results of our UFI Family Poll (on UFI’s home page). The question was asked “What is the strongest predictor of juvenile violence and crime?” Ninety-six percent of our readers said “fatherlessness.” Several people contacted UFI and asked...
by United Families International | Nov 19, 2010 | Cohabitation, Family, Marriage, Media, UFI Blog
By now you’ve probably read a version of the Associated Press headline story “Four in 10 say marriage is becoming obsolete.” These articles highlighted the Pew Research Center’s data showing that in 1978, 28 percent of individuals believed marriage was obsolete, today...
