Taking sides. Clashing views in family and personal relationships / selected, edited, and with introductions by Elizabeth Schroeder.

Contributor(s): Schroeder, ElizabethMaterial type: TextTextSeries: McGraw-Hill contemporary learning seriesPublication details: Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw Hill, c2008Edition: 7th edDescription: xxii, 298 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780073397146; 0073397148Other title: Clashing views in family and personal relationships | Issues in family and personal relationships | Family and personal relationshipsSubject(s): Families -- United States | Parent and child -- United States | Adoption -- United States | Divorce -- United States -- Influence | Abortion -- United States | Home schooling -- United States | Same-sex marriage -- United States | Sexual orientation -- United States | Debates and debating -- GuidebooksDDC classification: 306.850973 LOC classification: HQ536 | .T35 2008Online resources: Information from the publisher | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Unit 1. Is it ever appropriate to spank a child? -- Should adoptive parents adopt only within their own racial/ethnic group? -- Does divorce create long-term negative effects for children? -- Should parents homeschool their children? -- Do mothers who work outside of the home have a negative effiect on their children? -- Unit 2. Should "Abstinence-Until-marriage" be the only message for teens? -- Should parents routinely vaccinate their children? -- Should parents be able to select the biological sex of their children? -- Should parents surgically alter their intersex infants? -- Should minors be required to get their parent's permission in order to obtain an abortion? -- Unit 3. Should same-sex couples be allowed to legally marry? -- Should the U.S. Constitution be amended to protect the "Sanctity of Marriage"? -- Should lesbians and gay individuals be allowed to adopt children? -- Unit 4. Is cybersex "Cheating"? -- Are open relationships healthy? -- Does pornography reduce the incidence of rape? -- Should men who have sex with men be allowed to donate blood? -- Are statutory rape laws effective at protecing minors?
Summary: This debate-style reader includes a compilation of issues debating aspects of marriage, family life and traditional assumptions; challenges to successful relationships; parenthood; and relational conflict and dissolution.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit 1. Is it ever appropriate to spank a child? -- Should adoptive parents adopt only within their own racial/ethnic group? -- Does divorce create long-term negative effects for children? -- Should parents homeschool their children? -- Do mothers who work outside of the home have a negative effiect on their children? -- Unit 2. Should "Abstinence-Until-marriage" be the only message for teens? -- Should parents routinely vaccinate their children? -- Should parents be able to select the biological sex of their children? -- Should parents surgically alter their intersex infants? -- Should minors be required to get their parent's permission in order to obtain an abortion? -- Unit 3. Should same-sex couples be allowed to legally marry? -- Should the U.S. Constitution be amended to protect the "Sanctity of Marriage"? -- Should lesbians and gay individuals be allowed to adopt children? -- Unit 4. Is cybersex "Cheating"? -- Are open relationships healthy? -- Does pornography reduce the incidence of rape? -- Should men who have sex with men be allowed to donate blood? -- Are statutory rape laws effective at protecing minors?

This debate-style reader includes a compilation of issues debating aspects of marriage, family life and traditional assumptions; challenges to successful relationships; parenthood; and relational conflict and dissolution.

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