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Twenty-seven Year-Old Babies: The Promise and Perils of Embryo Adoption
One day I was getting my hair done when my hairdresser asked, “Do you want to hear the craziness that has transpired since I last saw you?” Her husband had done a DNA test. When his DNA test arrived, he learned he was adopted. Within weeks a biological sister, who...
Why Do We Do it?
December 1, 2020 Our neighborhood has been planning and preparing for our annual Sub for Santa to help less fortunate families. As I have pondered the project this year, I have realized what we need, more than dolls and puzzles, is stronger families. As Michael...
Defending Life at Home and Abroad – The Geneva Consensus Declaration
This Thanksgiving, while pondering my list of things for which I am grateful, I realized my top items always seem to contain people. These individuals, however imperfect, have strengthened me, brought me joy, sometimes even heartache. Yet through it all, they have...
The Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation: A Bright Spot of News in Challenging Times
Children often look at adults to find one who has accomplished what they hope to become. They may choose one person they admire for their success in their career, another for their profound results of dedicated effort in developing a talent and yet another for their...
Lessons from a pandemic: A letter to my children
I have long heard the word “remember” referred to as one of the most important words – remember to be grateful, remember, so you can learn from the past. As we look back five, ten or twenty plus years from now, what will we remember from our experiences of 2020? ...
Gender Ideology and Your Child
Parents strive to love their children and help them make decisions that will aid in them in becoming happy and healthy adults. Yet, today, the question looms, “What does that love look like?” Does it mean to condone, accept or even celebrate everything your child...
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Standing Up to UN Overreach at the Commission on the Status of Women
By United Families International The United Nations’ annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) recently concluded, and, true to form, the Commission continued its assault on the family, parental rights, the health and wellbeing of children, and religious liberty....
Screen Time vs. Green Time
By Jillian Celmo A year ago our family made the decision to pull our oldest child out of public school and began homeschooling him. Zephyr was five years old and in Kindergarten. He had loved it so much but something changed after Christmas break, and our once happy...
Equality and Fairness: Re-establishing the Common Good Through the Principle of Compromise
Contributed by Tori Black In 1976, Ronald Reagan gave a speech to a deeply divided Republican Party addressing the challenge found in bringing together people with diverse perspectives and goals. Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center,...
The Courage of the Madonnas
By Nicole Smithson Across the country, from Maryland to California are 12 Madonna’s of the Trail. These are identical statues of a woman holding a child in one arm, carrying a rifle in another hand, and a toddler child clinging to her dress. These statues are located...
The False Promise of Cohabitation
By Ashlee Kendell Over the past 50 years, research has shown that the average increased risk for divorce, when related to premarital cohabitation, has not changed. We have 50 years of evidence indicating that cohabiting before marriage does not lead to longevity in...
Video Games: Healthy Pastime or Pathway to Addiction?
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Chelsea Jones In 1992, David* received his first video game system. His parents, like many others, were unaware of the potentially damaging...
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