by UFI Blog | Jul 14, 2016 | Family, Marriage, Media, Technology, Values
By Candice LeSueur GET UP, GET OUT, AND EXPLORE! This is the message the new Pokémon GO app is promoting, emphasizing that you “get on your feet and step outside to…explore cities and towns where you live–and even around the globe” in order to catch as...
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 5, 2016 | Abstinence, AIDS, Birth Rate, Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, Health Care, Marriage, Parents, Research, Schools, Sex Education, Sexual Freedom, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Single Mothers, Values
By Cinthia Jahnsen The stork. An angel. Maybe a baby factory. A train. “Mom, where do babies come from?” Could this be one of the most dreaded questions that a parent is faced with? I was really worried about this topic of conversation when my kids became old enough...
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 21, 2016 | Feminism, Marriage
Erin Weist As a woman in today’s world I often feel that there are certain principles I am supposed to embrace. One of those ideas I feel pressured to adopt is to say that fairy tales are ridiculous because the basis for most of the stories is that a woman NEEDS a...
