Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Family and Personal Relationships
This Seventh Edition of TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS IN FAMILY AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor’s manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical...
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This Seventh Edition of TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS IN FAMILY AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor’s manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.
Preface iiiIntroduction xvParental Decision Making: What's Best for Children...or What's Best for Parents? 1Is It Ever Appropriate to Spank A Child? 2Yes: Walter L. Larrimore, from "Is Spanking Actually Harmful to Children?" Focus on the Family (Focus on the Family, 2002) 4No: Irwin A. Hyman, from The Case Against Spanking: How to Discipline Your Child Without Hitting (Jossey-Bass, 1997) 6Should Adoptive Parents Adopt Only within Their Own Racial/Ethnic Group? 10Yes: Leslie Doty Hollingsworth, from "Promoting Same-Race Adoption for Children of Color," Social Work (vol. 43, no. 2, 1998) 12No: Ezra E. H. Griffith and Rachel L. Bergeron, from "Cultural Stereotypes Die Hard," The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (vol. 34, no. 3, 2006) 28Does Divorce Create Long-Term Negative Effects for Children? 49Yes: Elizabeth Marquardt, from "The Bad Divorce," First Things (February 2005) 51No: Constance Ahrons, from We're Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents' Divorce (Harper Collins, 2004) 56Should Parents Homeschool Their Children? 70Yes: Chris Jeub, from "Homeschool" and "Reasons for Homeschooling," Focus on the Family (2006) 72No: Carole Moore, from "Why It's Not Right for Us," Scholastic.com(2006) 76Do Mothers Who Work Outside of the Home Have a Negative Effect on Their Children? 80Yes: Jeanne/Brooks-Gunn, Wen-Jui Han and Jane Waldfogel, from "Maternal Employment and Child Cognitive Outcomes in the First Three Years of Life: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care," Child Development (July/August 2002) 82No: Thomas M. Vander Ven et al., from "Home Alone: The Impact of Maternal Employment on Delinquency," Social Problems (May 2001) 89How Much Control Should Parents Have Over Their Children's Lives? 99Should "Abstinence-Until-Marriage" Be the Only Message for Teens? 100Yes: Bridget E. Maher, from "Abstinence Until Marriage: The Best Message for Teens," Family Research Council (2004) 102No: Sue Alford, from "What's Wrong with Federal Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Requirements?" Transitions (March 2001) 108Should Parents Routinely Vaccinate Their Children? 114Yes: Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr., from "Should Children Be Routinely Immunized?" The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity (April 16, 2004) 116No: Jini Patel Thompson, from "Should I Vaccinate My Child?" Well Being Journal (March/April 2003) 119Should Parents Be Able to Select the Biological Sex of Their Children? 128Yes: John A. Robertson, from "Preconception Gender Selection," The American Journal of Bioethics (Winter 2001) 130No: Norman Daniels, from "It Isn't Just the Sex..."; Carson Strong, from "Can't You Control Your Children?"; Mary B. Mahowald, from "Reverse Sexism? Not to Worry"; and Mark V. Sauer, from "Preconception Sex Selection: A Commentary," The American Journal of Bioethics (Winter 2001) 140Should Parents Surgically Alter Their Intersex Infants? 151Yes: Amicur Farkas, B. Chertin, and Irith Hadas-Haplren, from "One-Stage Feminizing Genitoplasty: Eight Years of Experience with Forty-Nine Cases," Journal of Urology (June 2001) 153No: Paul McHugh, from "Surgical Sex," First Things (November 2004) 158Should Minors Be Required to Get Their Parents' Permission in Order to Obtain an Abortion? 167Yes: Teresa Stanton Collett, from Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives (September 6, 2001) 169No: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., from "Fact Sheet: Teenagers, Abortion, and Government Intrusion Laws," Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (August 1999) 175Revisiting Ozzie and Harriet: Where Do Same-Sex Couples and Their Families Fit In? 183Should Same-Sex Couples Be Allowed to Legally Marry? 184Yes: Human Rights Campaign, from Answers to Questions about Marriage Equality (HRC's FamilyNet Project, 2004) 186No: Peter Sprigg, from Questions and Answers: What's Wrong with Letting Same-Sex Couples 'Marry'? (Family Research Council, 2004) 193Should the U.S. Constitution Be Amended to Protect the "Sanctity of Marriage"? 201Yes: National Review, from "The Right Amendment-Marriage," National Review Online (January 26, 2004) 203No: Jonah Goldberg, from "Federal Marriage Amendment a Bad Idea," Townhall.com (2003) 205Should Lesbians and Gay Individuals Be Allowed to Adopt Children? 208Yes: Joan Biskupic, from "Same-Sex Couples Redefining Family Law in USA," USA Today (February 17, 2003) 210No: Timothy J. Dailey, from "State of the States: Update on Homosexual Adoption in the U.S.," Family Research Council (no. 243, 2004) 214Twenty-First Century Sexuality Issues 223Is Cybersex "Cheating"? 224Yes: Stephen O. Watters, from Real Solutions for Overcoming Internet Addictions (Servant Publications, 2001) 226No: CBSNEWs.com, from "A Look at Internet Infidelity," (August 4, 2003) 229Are Open Relationships Healthy? 232Yes: Kathy Labriola, from "Models of Open Relationships," Cat and Dragon Communications (2006) 234No: Stanley Kurtz, from "Here Comes the Brides," The Weekly Standard (December 26, 2005) 240Does Pornography Reduce the Incidence of Rape? 251Yes: Anthony D'Amato, from "Porn Up, Rape Down," Northwestern University School of Law, Public Law and Legal Theory Research Series (June 23, 2006) 253No: Judith Reisman, from "Pornography's Link to Rape," WorldnetDaily.com (July 29, 2006) 257Should Men Who Have Sex with Men Be Allowed to Donate Blood? 262Yes: Bob Roehr, from "The Gift of Life: Gay Men and U.S. Blood Donation Policy," Liberty Education Forum (2006) 264No: Marc Germain and Graham Sher, from "Men Who Have Had Sex With Men and Blood Donation," Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (July/September 2002) 269Are Statutory Rape Laws Effective at Protecting Minors? 275Yes: Sherry F. Colb, from "The Pros and Cons of Statutory Rape Laws," CNN.com (February 11, 2004) 277No: Marc Tunzi, from "Curbside Consultation: Isn't This Statutory Rape?" American Family Physician (May 1, 2002) 282Contributors 286Index 293
