by United Families International | Apr 9, 2015 | Abstinence, Child Development, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Family, Feminism, Gender, Marriage, Media, motherhood, Parents, Research, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, Violence, Women's Rights
Tashica Jacobson Laura Bunker’s recent UFI alert struck a cord with me, and I haven’t been able to get her message out of my mind. Not only did it bring up this year’s trip to the UN, which brought up wonderful memories for me, she quoted Kate Gilmore’s shocking...
by United Families International | Apr 8, 2015 | Child Development, Media, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, UFI Blog
Think all those images and characters showing up on your children’s various screens (phone, tablet, TV) don’t have an impact. Think again. By Sara Vance When was the last time you saw a character on a TV show or movie behave irresponsibly with drugs, violence, or...
by United Families International | Apr 6, 2015 | Divorce, Free Speech, Media, Pornography, Technology, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory Let’s pretend that you are a bigwig with a large company in the human resources department. You get to hire the newbies. You have a position to fill and post it online. One week later you have 200 applicants. Forty of those have passing resumes. Some...
by United Families International | Apr 2, 2015 | Child Development, Family, father, Media, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rachel Allison A sense of entitlement, which is the polar opposite of a sense of responsibility, is endemic among many of the 1st World’s children today. It is fostered by our demanding, narcissistic society wherein wants are confused with needs and everyone...
by United Families International | Mar 27, 2015 | Media, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Technology, UFI Blog
You’re being manipulated and you may not even recognize it. Erika Walker I don’t watch much television, truth be told, we don’t even own a television anymore, but my husband and I used to enjoy sitting down and watching a show together in the evenings. On one of...
by United Families International | Mar 24, 2015 | Child Development, Drug Use, Education, Family, Free Speech, Media, Pornography, Research, UFI Blog, Values
Elise Ellsworth In recent years it seems that the news media has all but succeeded in making pornography appear harmless. An article published early in 2014 claimed that there is “no such thing as porn addiction” and that there were positive benefits to children and...