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Lessons from Dumbledore: Standing Up to Anti-Science Activism
Hello Friends, I have a confession. I did not especially like the Harry Potter books when they first came out. My children loved them, and as one who loves books and who wanted to instill a similar love of literature in my children, I encouraged their enthusiasm for...
Bethlehem and the Gift of the Family
Hello Friends, I will be frank. We need your help. Every year UFI brings university students with us to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). We and their faculty advisors spend weeks preparing them to share their knowledge that the family is...
The Equal Rights Amendment – Not Dead and Still Dangerous
Hello Friends, The issue that spurred the creation of United Families International is back in the news because the legislature in the state of Virginia has flipped and is poised to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. The passage of the proposed amendment is a matter of...
Preparing Children to Guard Their Hearts and Minds
Hello Friends, Have you ever had a child come home with an assignment that she just couldn’t bring herself to read? Not because she didn’t want to do the work, but because the book selection was just so full of objectionable material, it made her eyes burn? Schools...
Injuring the Innocent: The Pernicious Effect of Pornography on Home and Society
In 1624, John Donne, metaphysical poet and cleric in the Church of England, wrote: No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory...
Why Shame a Mother for Wanting to be a Mother?
Hello Friends, I can’t tell you the number of women I know who, while pregnant, said they intend to return to work as soon as their maternity leave is over, and then found it far more difficult to leave their infant in another’s care than they thought it would be....
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Emerging from the Crucible of the Coronavirus as a Stronger Family
Contributed by Tori Black Four weeks ago, I was skiing* down a hillside when my phone started dinging from multiple texts. The United Nations event that United Families International attends every year, and to which we bring university students eager to strengthen and...
How Extended Family Builds Resiliency
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Sign up for the latest from United Families International here. Contributed by Tori Black With news of an imminent coronavirus pandemic filling the airwaves and...
More women are in the workforce than men. Should we celebrate or be concerned?
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. By Jenet Erickson for United Families International A recent report from The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lit up headlines across the nation: “Women now hold...
Not If, But When: Arming Our Girls for Menstruation Mishaps
by KayLynn Wheeler We have all heard the terms shark week, Aunt Flo, and the crimson wave. Many of us hear these terms and know instantly that someone is referring to her period. Even the word period is slang for menstruation. Yet, even with the acceptance of period...
The Equal Rights Amendment – Symbolism vs. Substance
Contributed by Tori Black Leap years are such an interesting phenomenon. The idea that there is this extra day once a year fascinated me as a child. I wondered if I would ever meet someone who was born on February 29th. It turns out one of my favorite comic operas...
Bella Thorne Became Bella Porn? A Research Response to an ex-Disney Princess
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Joey Sheppard Bell Thorne hit stardom with preteens and young teenagers alike when she starred in the record-breaking 2010 Disney TV show Shake...
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