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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...
Keeping Women Safe
February 26, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: We are excited to bring to your attention a very important event that we have posted on WorldFamilyNews.com! Every year, United Families International partners with Howard Center in sponsoring a World Congress of...
In Search of “Common Good”
February 15, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: Parental Rights is one family "respect" that we rarely have to explain. Common sense clearly attests to the fact stated in our UN Negotiating Guide: "The nurturing, care of a loving mother and father can be the most...
Family Structure & Education Success
February 6, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: There have been many emotions these last 10 days as we have all watched and many of us contributed to the discussion of whether BSA should revoke their long-standing (and long-defended) policy against having openly...
UPDATE Boy Scouts
February 1, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: Hopefully you have given some thought to the communication that we sent on Tuesday regarding the possible change to the long-standing Boy Scouts of America policy of maintaining their values and keeping Scouts safe by...
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Worth Marching For
by Diane Robertson There was a March for Women last Saturday. I did not pay too much attention to it, but it got me thinking about a different march. The March for Life is scheduled just 6 days after this other march. As a woman and a mother, I feel no need to march...
It Starts With Two
by Tashica Jacobson “All this because two people fell in love” is the quote on my grandparents photo wall. While I have heard this saying multiple times, the full impact of it never settled in until I saw their wall with photos of each of their seven children’s...
What About Boys?
by Cathi Bond After having two gifted daughters with exceptional language skills, I recognized right off when our third child, a son, was going to need extra help to learn to read. I explained to him that when he learned to read, the entire world would be his oyster!...
Equal Protection Under the Law?
by Diane Robertson Telescope Media group is a small couple owned business in Minnesota that makes small promotional films or commercials for local events. The company is Christian based and Christian in purpose. Their website advertises the purpose of the company as...
Am I My Own Best Friend?
by Erin Weist Listening to wise counsel this weekend I was reminded that relationships are at the center of our search for happiness-- our relationships with god, our relationships with our families, relationships within our communities, and (surprisingly) our...
Being Mean…Not!
by Christie Masters The relativism that permeates our culture makes a demand of each one of us: “Be tolerant!” Tolerance has become the crux of what is moral, and to be in open disagreement with the beliefs or lifestyle of another person is considered the ultimate...
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