by United Families International | Sep 22, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, Freedom, Media, Parents, Values
by Mekelle Tenney Did you know that 76% of Americans reported that they only read one book in 2014? Did you also know that currently Americans only spend 7 minutes of their leisure time each day reading? Now the important question, do you think these statistics...
by United Families International | Sep 21, 2015 | Abortion, adoption, Child Development, Choice, father, Freedom, Health Care, Parents, Sanctity of Life, Values
By: Deborah Wene I was born in a very small town, in a small country with not many resources to help pregnant women. Many women gave birth along the road, on their way to the field or markets, most of which ended up dying because of lack of care. When my mother was...
by United Families International | Sep 21, 2015 | Child Development, Choice, Family, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Religion, The Family, Values
by Erin Weist Parenting is hard. Anyone who disagrees has probably never been a parent. But it is beautiful and worthwhile and honorable and gut-wrenchingly fulfilling at the same time. Let me explain with an example. This has been a tough week in our...
by United Families International | Sep 20, 2015 | Abstinence, Child Abuse, Child Development, Choice, Domestic Violence, Education, Family, Marriage, Sexual Freedom, Values
By Jessica Westfall Dr. John Van Epp puts an interesting twist on a well beloved and known fairy tale. Ellie was an orphan who was ignored and unloved by her step mother and sisters. She meets and marries a man in a very short time. This man had heaped praise and...
by United Families International | Sep 19, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Freedom, Parents, UN, Values, Violence
by Ally Fife The ideal home is one in which we feel comfort when we enter; where we can let go of the problems of our day and feel safe and loved. Such is not the case for the 90,000 Burundi refugees who have left their homes in terror, sometimes walking for a...
by United Families International | Sep 18, 2015 | Choice, Civil Unions, Cohabitation, Constitution, Education, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Gender, LGBT, Marriage, Media, Non-Discrimination, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Freedom, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, Values
by Annalise Jarman The other night I finished reading the book “Boundaries: When to Say Yes and How to Say No” by Doctors Henry Cloud and John Townsend. The book is about how to stand on your own, how to be separate and know what is your responsibility versus others’...