by United Families International | Mar 24, 2015 | Child Development, Drug Use, Education, Family, Free Speech, Media, Pornography, Research, UFI Blog, Values
Elise Ellsworth In recent years it seems that the news media has all but succeeded in making pornography appear harmless. An article published early in 2014 claimed that there is “no such thing as porn addiction” and that there were positive benefits to children and...
by United Families International | Mar 23, 2015 | Child Development, Drug Use, Education, Family, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kristen Jan Cannon An important parenting lesson that many parents often fail to learn is helping children understand the major difference between shame and guilt. Unfortunately, adults often don’t understand this concept themselves, and mixing these two very...
by United Families International | Mar 20, 2015 | Abstinence, Birth Rate, Cohabitation, Divorce, Family, father, Marriage, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Gary Boyd Seth Freed Wessler, writing for nbcnews.com, charges the economy with the low percentages of married young people and the rapidly diminishing institution of the American middle-class family. As industrial and professional jobs for men that paid a living wage...
by United Families International | Mar 19, 2015 | Child Development, Family, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Erika Walker I recently became reminded of a television show that I watched occasionally in high school. The program centered around a close-knit mother-daughter duo who reside in a small town. Throughout the show, the closeness of their relationship is attributed to...
by United Families International | Mar 18, 2015 | Abortion, Bioethics, Birth Rate, Child Abuse, Demographic Decline, Diane Robertson, Down Syndrome, Elder Care, Eugenics, Euthanasia, Family, Gender, Health Care, Parental Rights, Physician Assisted Suicide, Sanctity of Life, Sex Selection Abortion, Supreme Court, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson Sometimes I think our world has turned upside down. We neither respect life nor the means by which life is created. In some instances, we have changed the words murder and killing to softer words like abortion, euthanasia, mercy killing, and death with...
by United Families International | Mar 17, 2015 | Child Development, Education, Family, father, Media, motherhood, Parents, Research, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman The concerns: “Leave me Alone!” your 7 year old shouts at you as he runs to his bedroom and slams the door, angry that you’re not giving him what he wants even though he knows he has to do his chores first. You turn around and there is your 12 year old...