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...
by United Families International | Apr 8, 2014 | Child Development, Family, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
In 1908, Maurice Maeterlinck published the play, “The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts.” The story is about a young boy Tyltyl and his sister Mytyl who receive a quest from the Fairy Berylune to find the blue bird of happiness for a sick child. To help them in...
by United Families International | Apr 1, 2014 | Child Development, Family, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Young children are naturally curious as they grow and learn to explore the world around them. Their investigative minds may see the wonder of flour being spilled onto the kitchen floor for finger drawings or discover in Mom’s makeup bag a new set of art tools for the...
