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Providing a Choice to the Women of the Bronx
You may recall each spring UFI takes a group of college students to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. While in New York City, we divided the rather large group of students and visited two different Pregnancy Resource Centers – one in the Bronx and one in...
Legalizing abortion up to the moment of birth
From the Desk of Wendy Wixom: With summer in full swing, you might think those that push anti-family and anti-life initiatives would take some time off, but no such luck. The abortion issue continues to heat up ahead of the U.S. election for the fall. Numerous states...
Fidelity Before Pride
June is upon us and it’s a month filled with lots of patriotic (Flag Day on June 14) and family holidays. Happy Father’s Day to the wonderful men in our lives! We don’t know what we’d do without you and we don’t ever want to find out! It’s also a month that’s been...
Letting the term “spouse” move toward extinction?
As I’ve read and listened to all the controversy surrounding “trad wives” and NFL player Harrison Butker’s commencement address, I noticed that one thing is rarely mentioned - how these various family structures and women working outside the home impact children. It’s...
Time Sensitive message: Are Children a Blight or a Blessing?
Are Children a Blight or a Blessing? During the last week of April, 2024, media outlets around the world ran stories on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control new report stating the U.S. fertility rate has dropped to a startling 1.62, the lowest rates in almost 50 years...
Will you comply with new Title IX regulations?
Under Biden’s new Title IX rules, which take effect August 1, 2024, so-called “protections” become all but that for women and anyone who is heard disagreeing with the gender identity ideology assaulting our society. United Families International is a part of two Title...
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Being the Powerful Influence in the Lives of Our Children
June 5, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner Part 2 of 2 During the height of the 2020 pandemic, when everyday felt like an apocalyptic fever dream, 13-year-old Ash Eskridge found herself struggling with depression. She turned to social media to help her through the long, empty...
Do We Know Who Is Influencing Our Kids?
May 27, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner Part 1 of 2 Social media and I have a love/hate relationship. There are some things I love about it, and more things I hate. But one thing is certain…it has become a significant part of our daily lives and culture. The pull...
Harrison Butker reminds us there is truth
May 20, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner If hearing the name Harrison Butker doesn’t immediately catch your attention, there’s a good chance you haven’t been paying attention to the news or social media within the past week. Butker, an NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs,...
The Most Valuable Yet Forgotten Job
May 14, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner Recently, I spent time sorting through old family photos with my 79-year-old mother. For the past year and a half, she has been battling pancreatic cancer. After aggressive treatment the doctors determined there was nothing more they...
Parenting with Empathy-Why It Matters
May 6, 2024 By Rebecca Heiner On a hot, August day in 1971, a group of 24 male college students arrived at Stanford University to participate in a two week-long experiment. Very little was known about what would be expected, but they were promised $15 per...
Show Up As a Parent
April 22, 2024 By Annie Wood Recently an Idaho couple made the news regarding their ultrasound experience during thewife’s second pregnancy. They were told that their baby girl might have Turner Syndrome, anon-fatal condition that slightly shortens life expectancy...
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