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If You want to Help Children, then Help Marriage
We continually hear from media, popular culture, and even courts that a married mother and father doesn’t matter for children. “Any four hands will do” is a common refrain when it comes to raising children, but the information Jenet Erickson shares with us tells a...
A Double-Header of Good News
April 14, 2017 A Double-Header of Good News: "Family" Language Back on Track at the UN! After years of not being able to substantively address “family” in UN documents, the dry spell has ended and “family” is back in a Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Agreed...
A New UN Threat to the Family
March 9, 2017 A New Threat to the UN Family Last month, the pro-familycommunity was united in endorsing a letter that was sent to 152 United Nations (UN) Delegates during the Commission for Social Development (CSocD). With the International Organization for...
Hold On! Things May Get Interesting.
February 2, 2017 Where has the time gone? We have entered into 2017 and it is proving already that it could be an interesting year. The U.S. has a new President and Ambassador to theUnited Nations (U.N.), while the U.N. has a new Secretariat General – not to mention...
2016 – A Banner Year Made Possible Because of You
December 23, 2016 Looking back on the past 12 months, 2016 was a headline year for UFI – and your generosity made it happen. Many don’t realize we are a completely volunteer run organization. The entire executive team volunteers thousands of hours because they believe...
Give Thanks for Dirty Dishes
November 22, 2016 “Gratitude is the most pleasant of virtues and the most virtuous of pleasures.” (French philosopher Andre Comte Sponville) As we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States this week, we invite all our friends throughout the world to join us...
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Growing Up on Social Media
By Ashley Corbaley Take a picture, ask questions later. That is how many parents in the world are doing it these days. From potty training mishaps to awkward first dates, parents are taking pictures and videos of it all and then posting it on their social media. In...
The Law of Unintended Consequences
For those like us, who value the family, the inability to have a child is a heavy burden. Infertility is a very real challenge for many couples. In the US alone, one in eight couples have difficulty conceiving or sustaining a pregnancy. Many of you reading this may be...
Raising Kids in the Technological Age
By Erin Weist We live in a new time. The generation raising children now is doing something absolutely new that no one in the history of the entire world has done before: They are raising children with unprecedented amount of information streaming into their homes...
Your Role in Defending the Family
By Marci Nelson I get it. You want to help, but you don’t think you can make much of a difference. You’re a college student, a mother, a father, a grandparent. You don’t have the money, the resources, or the time to get involved. We avoid watching the news because it...
How to Make a Human
How to Make a Human: The Startling Advancements in Embryonic Science and How They Could Affect Generations Yet Unborn By Elise Ellsworth On December 8, 2017, Amnesty International hosted a conference: “Crossing Frontiers: Moving the Boundaries of Human Reproduction.”...
Fathers: Doing More, Challenged More, Needed More Than Ever.
By McKayla Skinner There are currently an estimated 70.1 million fathers in the United States. Most of them consider their role as a father as core to their identity. However, fathers face great challenges , as well as opportunities, as they decide what matters most...
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