Parenting

21 Sep

Posted at 06:00h in Child Development, Choice, Families, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, Religion, The Family, Values by
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  by Erin Weist Parenting is hard.  Anyone who disagrees has probably never been a parent.  But it is beautiful and worthwhile and honorable and gut-wrenchingly fulfilling at the same time.  Let me explain with an example.  This has been a tough week in our house, parenting-wise....

27 Aug

Posted at 09:41h in Child Development, Choice, Families, Family Planning, father, Grandparents, Marriage, Parental Rights, Parenting, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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by Rebecca Mallory When is it a good idea to lend adult children money? As young marrieds, we never had money. There was a time when we had three small kids and were working four jobs between us. We borrowed $5,000 from my husband's parents for a...

26 Aug

Posted at 08:47h in Abortion, Abstinence, Child Development, Choice, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Families, father, Free Speech, Freedom, Marriage, Media, Parenting, Planned Parenthood, Prostitution, Sanctity of Life, Sexual Freedom, Technology, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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by Diane Robertson There’s this infamous company in Canada, Ashley Madison, which hosts a purportedly secret online dating service for people who are married or in a committed relationship. The company’s slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair.” Customers pay Ashley Madison to help them...

25 Aug

Posted at 07:00h in Child Development, Choice, Families, father, Free Speech, Freedom, Gender, Gender Identity, Homosexuality, Parenting, Religion, Sexual Orientation, UFI Blog, Values by
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by Annalise Jarman Surprised as many of you might be, I actually think Target’s move to take gender labels out of their toy aisles is positive news. Of course gender is important. Of course the current push to live in denial about gender differences is harmful...

24 Aug

Posted at 13:27h in Abstinence, Child Development, Choice, Drug Use, Families, father, Free Speech, Freedom, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parental Rights, Parenting, Sex Education, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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by Erin Weist I have four boys. Four wonderful, mischievous, wrestling, tumbling, occasionally smelly little boys. Someday they will be young men. Then they will go on to become men. I burst with pride at this thought, hoping with all my heart they become valiant, courageous,...

13 Aug

Posted at 11:25h in Child Development, Choice, Families, father, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers by
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by Jodi Walker According to the childstats.gov website, over half of America’s children are being raised in daycares. The first time I ever thought about a “daycare child” was before I had children of my own. I was with my friend at a park and a huge bus...