by United Families International | Apr 29, 2014 | Child Development, Family, Grandparents, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Liz Mackay It was a typical Monday morning with children to awaken and help prepare for the day, lunches to pack, laundry to oversee, vacuuming to start. As I moved forward to accomplish these needed tasks, my two youngest children kept coming up and petitioning me...
by United Families International | Apr 25, 2014 | Constitution, Education, Family, Sovereignty, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Maddi Gillel There is consistency and warning of great men throughout history – from Cicero to leaders in the 20th century – of what it takes to preserve freedom and what it takes to destroy it.. I believe we must head their warning for I cannot imagine my...
by United Families International | Apr 21, 2014 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kristi Kane Recently I was reviewing my year’s posts on Facebook. One of the things I’d written was during Christmastime, and it said, “I never want to ask my children to do another chore again. I can’t handle the whining and complaining, so I think...
by United Families International | Apr 17, 2014 | Birth Rate, Child Development, Cohabitation, Family, father, Gender, Health Care, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Elise Ellsworth Next week my husband and I will celebrate fifteen years of marriage together. Our marriage has weathered the births of seven children, four college degrees, eleven moves (four of them cross-country), job losses, being hit by a tornado, too many...
by United Families International | Apr 15, 2014 | Child Development, Family, father, Parents, Sanctity of Life, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Last weekend I found myself sleeping on a grass field under the stars. Living in west Los Angeles, it’s a rare opportunity to see the stars between nights blanketed in ocean fog or the dimming effect of the city lights. But on this night, flanked by sleeping Boy...
by United Families International | Apr 11, 2014 | Constitution, Environmentalism, Family, Free Speech, Proposition 8, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Marriage, Sovereignty, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Maddi Gillel On a fairly regular basis, we hear the phrase “we’re losing our freedoms.” Do we understand what that means? Do our eyes glaze over? Do we ask ourselves ‘okay, so what do we do about it’? Let me give you just a few examples of what’s going on right now...
