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19 Dec

Posted at 09:53h in Child Development, Education, Families, father, motherhood, Parenting, Religion, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Rachel Allison My husband and I have totally different parenting styles. I have often wondered how I ended up being the strict disciplinarian.  He on the other hand had an open-door policy with our children.  Any time a discussion or heart to heart conversation was needed...

16 Dec

Posted at 07:51h in Child Development, Education, Families, father, Media, Parenting, Schools, Technology, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Rachel Allison This post may offend some of our readers.  If I say something that hits too close to home, just honestly evaluate your child’s involvement and if necessary ignore my observations. My children grew up during the skate-board craze in our neighborhood.  All of their friends...

10 Dec

Posted at 09:08h in Child Development, Constitution, Courts, Democracy, Diane Robertson, Domestic Violence, Families, father, Free Speech, Government, Human Rights, Marriage, Non-Discrimination, Parenting, Research, Sanctity of Life, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, Violence by
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Diane Robertson If you have been watching the news, listening to the radio, following twitter, or even just browsing your Facebook feed, it would have been impossible to miss the unrest occurring in the streets around the nation. Maybe you’ve had conversations with your friends and...

05 Dec

Posted at 07:27h in Abortion, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Families, father, Health Care, Marriage, Parenting, Pornography, Religion, Sanctity of Life, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Maddie Gillel Our family was flying a kite a few years ago, having a great time watching the kite fly higher and higher. One of the grandchildren asked what would happen if we cut the string? She thought it would surely continue climbing higher and higher!...

28 Nov

Posted at 12:11h in Abortion, Child Development, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Families, father, Gender, Government, Homosexuality, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Tashica Jacobson Embarrassingly I admit that four years ago many of my attitudes were anti-family. Now don’t jump to conclusions I wasn’t an extremist. However I was at the point that I had given up on the ideal of marriage. I had seen so many horrible...

21 Nov

Posted at 13:39h in Abortion, Child Abuse, Child Development, Cohabitation, Courts, date rape, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Education, Families, father, Free Speech, Media, motherhood, Parenting, Religion, Religious Freedom, Schools, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, Violence by
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My husband is a judge. On a weekly basis he sees youth in his court who are delinquent, unmotivated, and often times defiant. These young men and women are most often accompanied by a frustrated parent. At some point in the conversation my husband asks...

19 Nov

Posted at 06:51h in Cohabitation, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Education, Families, father, Gender, Grandparents, Homosexuality, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, Religion, Religious Freedom, Research, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Freedom, Single Mothers, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Diane Robertson With marriage and natural family relationships in decline, Pope Francis invited leaders from different faiths around the world to gather at the Vatican this week. This historical interfaith conference titled, The Complementarity of Man and Woman brought religious leaders from 23 nations, and representing...

14 Nov

Posted at 07:16h in Child Development, Cohabitation, Divorce, Drug Use, Families, father, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, Sexual Freedom, Single Mothers, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers by
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Maddi Gillel Beverly was six or seven when her parents divorced. She had a brother just 2-3 years older and 2 sisters older than that. Her mother, of course, had to go to work, and just as important, find a new man in her life. So...