by United Families International | Apr 19, 2011 | Child Development, motherhood, Parents, Schools, UFI Blog
By Rachel Allison “I am totally convinced that once a woman has borne a child, she owes that child herself more than anything else in the first five years of his life… I fear that raising emotion-starved and love-starved children can produce calloused, robotized...
by United Families International | Apr 7, 2011 | Child Development, Family, motherhood, Parents, UFI Blog
By Grace Sailor As a mother of four children, I have had a twenty year internal battle of balancing my personal and spiritual feelings in regards to being a mother versus how society views me as a mother. Recently a series of research studies found that women who...
by United Families International | Apr 4, 2011 | Family, motherhood, UFI Blog, Values
by Rachel Allison It was Sociology 111 where I was introduced to “the looking-glass self.” It was a concept created by Charles Horton Cooley in 1902. He claimed, “We see ourselves through the eyes of other people, even to the extent that we incorporate their views...
by United Families International | Mar 25, 2011 | Feminism, motherhood, Parents, Polls, UFI Blog
Here’s the question: “What about mothers with children ages 0-17 being employed outside the home? “ Here was the response of UFI readers: 81 percent “Only if absolutely no other choice” 14 percent “Part-time is OK” 5 percent “Should never do it”...
by United Families International | Mar 23, 2011 | Abortion, motherhood, UFI Blog
By Grace Sailor I personally want to thank Governor Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota for the law that will take effect on July 1, that requires a 3-day wait for an abortion and is requiring proper counseling and guidance on alternative decisions to keep the fetus. Even...
by United Families International | Mar 22, 2011 | Family, motherhood, Parents, UFI Blog, Values
*We welcome several new contributors to the United Families blog. They will be addressing issues relevant to families and particularly mothers.* By Rachel Allison I will always remember the phone call I received several years ago from my older sister. She was going...
