The Family in America : opposing viewpoints / Viqi Wagner, book editor ; Karin L. Swisher, assistant editor.
Presents differing views on such family-related topics as reproduction, divorce, working mothers, and government assistance. Includes critical thinking activities.
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San Diego, CA :
Greenhaven Press,
©1992.
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| Series: | Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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Table of Contents:
- The family is in decline / David Popenoe
- The family is in transition / Dennis K. Orthner
- The traditional family is obsolete / Diane Fassel
- The definition of family is expanding / Teresa Marciano, Marvin B. Sussman
- The definition of family should remain limited / Bryce J. Christensen
- Homosexual partners are changing the family / Brent Hartinger
- Homosexual partners are undermining the family / Bradley P. Hayton
- Reproductive technology is hanging the family / Ruth Macklin
- Reproductive technology is undermining the family / Donald DeMarco
- Divorce is normal / Constance R. Ahrons, Roy H. Rodgers
- Divorce is abnormal / Fred Moody
- Divorce harms children / Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee
- Divorce may not harm children / Diane Fassel
- Divorce laws harm women economically / Lenore J. Weitzman
- Divorce is not the cause of women's economic hardships / Susan Faludi
- Working others benefit the family / Robin Parker
- Working mothers harm the family / Juli Loesch Wiley
- Businesses are meeting the needs of two-career parents / Sylvia Ann Hewlett
- Businesses are not meeting the needs of two-career parents / Jan Fletcher
- More day care is needed to support two-career couples / Kenneth Labich
- More day care will not solve the problems of two-career couples / Mothers at Home
- Two-career parents spend too little time with the family / William R. Mattox Jr.
- Two-career parents have enough time to spend with the family / Gary Burtless, Robert J. Samuelson
- The government should support traditional families / William R. Mattox Jr.
- Government support for the traditional family is unnecessary / Stephanie Coontz
- The government should mandate family leave / T. Berry Brazelton, Patricia Schroeder
- The government should not mandate family leave / Bryce J. Christensen
- Funding social programs would benefit families / Ruth Sidel
- Tax cuts would benefit families / Robert Rector, Stuart M. Butler.