TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schroeder,Elizabeth
TI  - Taking sides
SN  - 9780073397146
U1  - 306.850973 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Dubuque, Iowa
PB  - McGraw Hill
KW  - Families
KW  - United States
KW  - Parent and child
KW  - Adoption
KW  - Divorce
KW  - Influence
KW  - Abortion
KW  - Home schooling
KW  - Same-sex marriage
KW  - Sexual orientation
KW  - Debates and debating
KW  - Guidebooks
N1  - 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?
N2  - 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
ER  -