| Description |
192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series |
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Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Illegitimacy is the cause of problems for children / Charles Murray -- Illegitimacy is not the cause of problems for children / Robert Scheer -- Divorce harms children / Steven Waldman -- Divorce need not harm children / Randall Edwards -- Unpaid child support harms children / Richard "Casey" Hoffman -- The problem of unpaid child support is exaggerated / Part I: Jeffrey M. Leving, Part II: Kathleen Parker -- Welfare reform will benefit children / William J. Bennett -- Welfare reform will harm children / Part I: Hugh B. Price, Part II: Thomas J. Osborne -- Parental rights laws would benefit children / Nina Shokraii -- Parental rights laws would harm children / Bunnie Riedel -- Federal child support laws benefit children / Andrew Cherlin -- Federal child support laws are ineffective / Brian Doherty -- Needy children can thrive in orphanages / Richard B. McKenzie -- Needy children cannot thrive in orphanages / Megan E. McLaughlin -- Children can thrive in adopted families / Bruce Bower -- Adoption is not appropriate for some needy children / Jodie Gould -- Efforts to help abused children must be increased / Andrew Vachss -- Efforts to prevent abuse too often harm children / Hannah B. Lapp -- U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child would benefit children / Robert F. Drinan -- U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of a Child would threaten American freedoms / Phyllis Schlafly -- Americans should work together to improve the lives of children / Marian Wright Edelman -- Licensing parents would help children / Jack C. Westman -- Parent education helps children / Joy M. Rouse -- Adults must be role models for children / Montel Williams -- Reducing sex and violence on television would benefit children / Robert Posch -- Job training can help teenagers / Mary Rose McGeady -- Residential urban universities can help troubled children / William Raspberry -- Volunteer court advocates can help children / Elizabeth Mehren. |
| Subject |
Child welfare -- United States.
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Children -- United States -- Social conditions.
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| Added Author |
Wekesser, Carol, 1963-
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| ISBN |
1565106792 lib. alkaline paper |
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1565106784 paperback alkaline paper |
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