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Do Kids belong to their Parents?
April 10, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg Four years ago I left a commission at the United Nations with the stark realization that Parent Rights would be the next BIG battle ground. We started immediately honing in on the social science that supported the myriad...
“Common” Children – Common Core
April 3, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg Don't you hate to sink your teeth into a wonderfully juicy looking apple only find the core distastefully rotten? In a very big and disappointing way that appears to be the case for most of us in the Common Core State...
Marriage Hangs in the Balance
March 26, 2013 Marriage hangs in the balance It is a pivotal time for marriage. On Tuesday, March 26, the Supreme Court listened to Oral Arguments on the future of Proposition 8 - California's Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as being between one man and...
Countries Manipulated by Media
March 20, 2013 Countries Manipulated by the Media Late on Friday, the UN negotiating room erupted in cheers as anti-family activists welcomed the adoption of the "Agreed Conclusions" for the Commission on Status of Women (CSW) 57th session. Two weeks of intense...
Parental Rights Matter
March 14, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: It has been a very exciting week at the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Because a consensus document was not reached last year, the opposition has pulled all stops to make sure all their...
Financial Security is born in the Family
March 7, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: The manipulations and untruths have already begun. Monday marked the beginning of a two-week session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and United Families International has a team at the UN working almost...
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A Snub or a Reset?
by Elise Ellsworth President Trump recently revoked Obama era federal guidelines instructing schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and other facilities which aligned with their gender identity. Many saw this revocation as an intentional snubbing of those...
Here’s One for the Boys
by Candice LeSueur I remember very distinctly when I realized how great it was to be a girl. I was 16 and was learning, as women, we have attributes that make us unique from men: among a wide array of countless traits, we have a great capacity to empathize with...
Motherhood is Joyful!
by Diane Robertson Once upon a time society approved of motherhood. Young women were encouraged to bare and rear children. Getting married and starting a family was sought after and expected. That’s not true today. In a high school class, my daughter was told she had...
The Morphing of a Movement
by Tashica Jacobson The feminist movement was started by women who wanted equal treatment. Their initial efforts focused on improvement for women in regards to education, employment, and the right to vote. The movement then expanded to equality for everyone regardless...
Death on Demand
by Diane Robertson The Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wyoming state legislatures are all currently considering bills to legalize assisted...
A Legacy or a Loss?
by McKayla Skinner Two years ago, my Grandmother passed away due to Alzheimer’s. In her final months, she chose to embrace life even though she had persistent health challenges. Something that once was a fear for her became realized, and she decided to not let it...
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