by UFI Blog | Nov 17, 2017 | Child Abuse, Family, Parents
By Elise Ellsworth In recent years neglect and other forms of child abuse have been on the rise. These include the tragic 2016 case of a young Scottish boy, Liam Fee. Little Liam was subject to continual physical abuse, had been chained up or locked in a makeshift...
by UFI Blog | Aug 28, 2017 | Child Abuse
By Ailee Olsen In October of 2013, I was in a poor neighborhood of Malang (a small town in Indonesia) visiting friends at their home. As I waited outside their door, I looked to my right and saw a 7-year-old little girl named Isti*, whom I had become friends with in...
by UFI Blog | Aug 16, 2017 | Child Abuse, Pedophilia, Pornography
By Diane Robertson Between the breakdown of the family and wide-spread pornography usage, child sexual abuse seems to be on the rise with no end in sight. Even very careful and watchful people can be tainted by this scourge that is sweeping the earth. Recently, I...
by UFI Blog | Jul 12, 2017 | Child Abuse, Diane Robertson, Transgender
by Diane Robertson Michelle Cretella, M.D. and president of the American College of Pediatricians declared that affirming children’s wishes to live as the opposite gender is child abuse. “Today’s institutions that promote transition affirmation are pushing children to...
by UFI Blog | Mar 21, 2017 | Child Abuse, Parents, The Family
by Angela Fallentine The 61st Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations is underway in New York and the United Families International team is on the ground attending and monitoring events. The theme for this year’s CSW is “Women’s Economic Empowerment in...
by UFI Blog | Jan 27, 2017 | Child Abuse
by Elise Ellsworth Every parent’s nightmare is the discovery that one of their children has been sexually molested or abused. However, 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys will become victims of childhood sexual abuse. How can you outsmart molesters and keep your child...
