by United Families International | Mar 17, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Media, motherhood, Parents, Research, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman The concerns: “Leave me Alone!” your 7 year old shouts at you as he runs to his bedroom and slams the door, angry that you’re not giving him what he wants even though he knows he has to do his chores first. You turn around and there is your 12 year old...
by United Families International | Mar 15, 2015 | Child Development, Family, father, Marriage, Media, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kelsi Shipley Recently I had a conversation with an adorable five-year-old boy. At one point he confided in me that he thinks his mom is a negative person. Knowing this boy’s mother, I was surprised by the accusation, and assured him she wasn’t. We talked about...
by United Families International | Mar 11, 2015 | Abortion, Abstinence, Bioethics, Birth Rate, Cohabitation, Education, Free Speech, Health Care, Media, Planned Parenthood, Population Control, Pornography, Religion, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, Sex Education, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Mekelle Tenney Freedom can only be maintained within a society that also maintains morality. When Alexis De Tocqueville visited America and analyzed her political system he posed the question, “How could society fail to perish if, while the political bond is relaxed,...
by United Families International | Feb 26, 2015 | Child Development, Drug Use, Family, father, Grandparents, Marriage, Media, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers
Elise Ellsworth Christian preacher and theologian Peter Marshall once counseled a couple whose family was being ripped apart by excessive materialism – “What good is a beautiful house,” he asked, “filled with expensive furniture, if there isn’t any love between those...
by United Families International | Feb 24, 2015 | Child Development, Family, Media, Parents, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman There is a familiar tune that goes something like this: “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz…Because, because, because, because, because! Because of the wonderful things he does!” As we remember this tune, we imagine Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Man, the...
by United Families International | Feb 23, 2015 | Child Development, Family, father, Media, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Caitlin Woolbert So many sources today steal time away from our families. They try to get our children to place priority and trust in the wrong places such as media or popularity. As wonderful as it is to have friends, what our kids really need are great FAMILIES...
