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 Schroeder, Elizabeth. text bibliography iau Dubuque, Iowa McGraw Hill c2008 2008 7th ed. monographic eng
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xxii, 298 p. ; 24 cm. 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. 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? selected, edited, and with introductions by Elizabeth Schroeder. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- 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 Guidebooks HQ536 .T35 2008 306.850973 McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series 9780073397146 0073397148 2007299586 http://www.mhcls.com/text-data/catalog/0073397148.mhtml http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007299586-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007299586-t.html http://www.mhcls.com/text-data/catalog/0073397148.mhtml http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007299586-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007299586-t.html NCM 071004 20150412105844.0 15033979