by United Families International | Dec 16, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Media, Parents, Schools, Technology, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
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. ...
by United Families International | Dec 10, 2014 | Child Development, Constitution, Diane Robertson, Domestic Violence, Family, father, Free Speech, Marriage, Non-Discrimination, Parents, Research, Sanctity of Life, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, Violence
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...
by United Families International | Dec 9, 2014 | Child Development, Family, father, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman As I sat on my rocking chair unwrapping ornaments for our Christmas tree, our children gleefully hung the ornaments. Somehow, it has become a family tradition to decorate the tree this way. I sit with several shoe boxes and gift bags full of ornaments,...
by United Families International | Dec 5, 2014 | Abortion, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Family, father, Health Care, Marriage, Parents, Pornography, Religion, Sanctity of Life, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
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! We told her...
by United Families International | Nov 28, 2014 | Abortion, Child Development, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Family, father, Gender, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
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 relationships...
by United Families International | Nov 21, 2014 | Abortion, Child Abuse, Child Development, Cohabitation, Date rape, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Education, Family, father, Free Speech, Media, motherhood, Parents, Religion, Religious Freedom, Schools, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, Violence
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 the parent,...