Parenting

11 Jun

Posted at 09:20h in Abortion, Birth Rate, Child Development, date rape, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Education, Families, father, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, Schools, Single Mothers, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, Violence by
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Diane Robertson Fatherhood is noble. Despite the fact that popular movies tend to make fathers out to be stupid or incapable, mothers, children, and society need fathers. Mothers need fathers present. When I had my first baby it did not take me long to realize just how...

04 Jun

Posted at 04:00h in Abortion, Abstinence, Child Development, Cohabitation, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Euthanasia, Families, father, Gender, Homosexuality, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, Physician Assisted Suicide, Polls, Population Control, Pornography, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, Sex Education, UFI Blog, Values by
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For the past 12 years Gallup has been conducting a poll on moral acceptability in America. Gallup published the 2014 results on May 30th. This year’s findings are a disturbing indication of the break down in the general morality of the American public. Contraceptives are largely...

29 May

Posted at 22:24h in Parenting, Schools, UFI Blog by
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While enrollment of children in pre-schools and kindergarten is for the most part optional, “early learning” advocates and the daycare lobbyists continue in their efforts to make preschool mandatory. These folks insist that pre-K programs promote “school readiness” and if you want your child to...

26 May

Posted at 16:31h in father, motherhood, Parenting, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Orientation, UFI Blog by
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Caitlin Woolbert & Alera Saul The legalization of same sex marriages has become one of the most polarizing political debates in American history, perhaps more so even then that of abortion rights. No one thinks women’s reproductive rights are unimportant regardless of the side you’re on;...

16 May

Posted at 07:55h in Child Development, Families, father, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, Religion, Single Mothers, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers by
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Elise Ellsworth Years ago in a class on family relationships someone asked the students what they liked about their childhood family.  There were many varied responses but we all paused for a moment when one respondent offered a unique response - “forgiveness.”  Most families have their...

15 May

Posted at 14:00h in Child Development, Families, Free Speech, Government, Human Rights, Media, motherhood, Parenting, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Rebecca Mallory What's the big deal with using four-letter words, swearing, etc? And who the heck (is that bad??) gets to decide what swearing is anyway? At age 7, I remember doing dishes with my older sister, Jean, who coaxed me into yelling "fanny!" at the top of my lungs...