Parenting

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...

02 May

Posted at 11:16h in Child Development, Demographic Decline, Education, Families, Family Planning, Feminism, Marriage, Media, motherhood, Myth Buster, Parenting, Population Control, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Maryn Holladay My husband subscribes to Bloomberg Businessweek.  This magazine and I have a good thing going on.  Like weekly clockwork: the magazine arrives, I thumb through, I focus on a fascinating article or two (or six), and a few minutes (or… longer) later, I feel...

01 May

Posted at 10:45h in Constitution, Democracy, Education, Families, Government, Grandparents, Human Rights, Media, Parenting, Research, Sovereignty, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Rebecca Mallory No doubt you've heard the recent debates over capitalism. It is the American way and has been since its inception. Recently, however, many speak of capitalism in disparaging terms; that it is somehow unfair, that it promotes greed and robs the very worker that...