by Diane Robertson In the state of Oregon a husband can have extra marital affairs, leave his wife and children and have no legal consequences. His wife can claim emotional damage and suffering all day long, but she will never get any legal recourse. But if...
Diane Robertson In 2005, Canada quietly legalized gay marriage. Unlike the United States, there was never a fight or a court case, or really much ado about it. It just happened. And since then, we haven’t heard if gay marriage changed anything about Canada. Until now… Canadian...
Rebecca Mallory If you remember this great number 1 hit from "Sister Sledge" in the '70's, then that dates us both! (I always thought it was "The Pointer Sisters" who sang that. Nope!) We are family. Sometimes I sit in church looking at the congregation. Sweet...
Diane Robertson Many parents across the nation are wary, worried, and bemused by the new Common Core standards. An important part of Common Core is the standardized testing. To prepare students for the tests, school administrators are enforcing strict instruction for much of the school day....
Liz Mackay It was a typical Monday morning with children to awaken and help prepare for the day, lunches to pack, laundry to oversee, vacuuming to start. As I moved forward to accomplish these needed tasks, my two youngest children kept coming up and petitioning me to...
Rachel Allison I’m visiting my daughter and son-in-law this week in Wisconsin. During the course of our telephone conversation weeks ago, I asked my daughter what her children needed…new nightgowns or skirts? They love Nana’s home-sewn flannel nightgowns and “twirly” skirts. I was surprised when she...
Here’s the question we asked UFI readers: “If genetic engineering were to give parents the ability to screen out ‘personality flaws’ in their children, would you take advantage of it?” Here’s how readers responded: 0 Percent Yes 97 Percent No 3 Percent Unsure If given the opportunity, it's pretty clear...
Unfortunately, the bad news for children of divorce continues to pile up. This time a new study showing that children whose parents divorce are more than twice (2.2 times) as likely to suffer a stroke at some point during their lives as children who grew...
It was 60 years ago this month when the United Nations Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) began their highly successful "Trick or Treat for UNICEF" campaign. Several generations of Halloween-costumed children have carried the orange donation boxes door to door to help children in countries around...
As media has become more accessible to us, the $57 billion world wide pornography industry has crept into our homes through TV, magazines and especially the Internet. Pornography addiction has become an ever increasing problem throughout the world. Over 40 million adults in the US regularly...
