Taking sides.
Taking sides. Clashing views in family and personal relationships /
Clashing views in family and personal relationships Issues in family and personal relationships Family and personal relationships
selected, edited, and with introductions by Elizabeth Schroeder.
- 7th ed.
- Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw Hill, c2008.
- xxii, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
- McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series .
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.
9780073397146 0073397148
2007299586
Families--United States.
Parent and child--United States.
Adoption--United States.
Divorce--Influence.--United States
Abortion--United States.
Home schooling--United States.
Same-sex marriage--United States.
Sexual orientation--United States.
Debates and debating--Guidebooks.
HQ536 / .T35 2008
306.850973
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.
9780073397146 0073397148
2007299586
Families--United States.
Parent and child--United States.
Adoption--United States.
Divorce--Influence.--United States
Abortion--United States.
Home schooling--United States.
Same-sex marriage--United States.
Sexual orientation--United States.
Debates and debating--Guidebooks.
HQ536 / .T35 2008
306.850973