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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780073397146 0073397148 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007-299586 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families--United States.<br/>Parent and child--United States.<br/>Adoption--United States.<br/>Divorce--Influence.--United States<br/>Abortion--United States.<br/>Home schooling--United States.<br/>Same-sex marriage--United States.<br/>Sexual orientation--United States.<br/>Debates and debating--Guidebooks.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Gia đình Cha mẹ Con cái Hôn nhân Mỹ 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ536  / .T35 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.850973  / TAK 2008