by United Families International | Oct 29, 2014 | Child Development, Diane Robertson, Education, Family, father, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Religion, Research, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson This is part one of a three part series on parenting. I have been reading through some new and very interesting research that is being conducted on mothering and fathering. I am going to start from a personal view as a mother of ten (amazing) children....
by United Families International | Oct 24, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Parents, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
By Rachel Allison Several years ago my husband traveled through France where he met a family who had just recently moved ten miles out of town. This meant that the family’s two teenage daughters had to be driven to town each morning for school, and then picked up...
by United Families International | Oct 16, 2014 | Abortion, Child Abuse, Child Development, Education, Family, Free Speech, Gender, Marriage, Non-Discrimination, Parental Rights, Parents, Pedophilia, Religion, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, Schools, Sex Education, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory “Truth is stranger than fiction” is alive and well in our destructive PC culture. Just when you think you’ve heard every ridiculous edict relating to political correctness, some other insane story rears it’s ugly head to top...
by United Families International | Oct 15, 2014 | Child Development, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Education, Family, father, Gender, Marriage, Non-Discrimination, Parents, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Schools, Sexual Orientation, Single Mothers, stay-at-home mom, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers
Diane Robertson I turned 39 today! Yup, that’s right. Today is my 39th birthday. Next year, I will be the big 4-0. A lot has happened in my almost forty years. I remember how in the fourth grade I was asked to draw a picture depicting something that would happen in...
by United Families International | Oct 2, 2014 | Child Development, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, Research, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory It was a crisp fall day nearly 20 years ago that I was frantically driving a carpool of girls to their mandatory dance class for all company performers four days a week right after school. Among them was my daughter, Brooke who was in the fourth grade...
by United Families International | Sep 26, 2014 | Child Development, Elder Care, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, Schools, stay-at-home mom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Mom had a special way of making a task seem less daunting when I was growing up. Her deportment was kindness, shown through soft and encouraging words, through quiet acts of service, and through her genuine belief in our ability to do hard things. Every Saturday was a...