Taking Sides Childhood and Society : Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Childhood and Society

by Delcampo, Robert Louis; Delcampo, Diana S.

• ISBN13: 9780072917253
• ISBN10: 0072917253
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-13
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

This fifth edition of Taking Sides: Childhood & Society is designed to introduce students to current controversies in childhood and society. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading child behaviorists and social commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints, are presented in pro/con format. Student support is provided at our Web site, Dushkin online at http: //www.dushkin.com/online

Table of Contents

Preface	i
Introduction: Children in Society	xi
PART 1 INFANCY	1	(94)
Is Institutional Child Care Beneficial to Children?	2	(22)
Yes: ``The High/Scope Perry Preschool Project,'' Juvenile Justice Bulletin (October 2000)	4	(9)
Greg Parks
No: The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish (Perseus Publishing, 2000)	13	(11)
T. Berry Brazelton
Stanley I. Greenspan
Does Maternal Employment Have a Negative Effect on Infant Development?	24	(26)
Yes: ``Early and Extensive Maternal Employment and Young Children's Socioemotional Development: Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth,'' Journal of Marriage and the Family (November 1991)	26	(11)
Jay Belsky
David Eggebeen
No: ``A Home Is Not a School: The Effects of Child Care on Children's Development,'' Journal of Social Issues (vol. 47, no. 2, 1991)	37	(13)
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart
Should Scientists Be Allowed to Clone Children?	50	(20)
Yes: ``Cloning Trevor,'' The Atlantic Monthly (June 2002)	52	(9)
Kyla Dunn
No: ``Of Clones and Clowns,'' The Atlantic Monthly (June 2002)	61	(9)
Robert A. Weinberg
Does Transracial Adoption Harm a Child's Development?	70	(25)
Yes: ``Symbolic Interactionism, African American Families, and the Transracial Adoption Controversy,'' Social Work (September 1999)	72	(10)
Leslie Doty Hollingsworth
No: ``A Review of Empirical Research Involving the Transracial Adoption of African American Children,'' Journal of Black Psychology (May 1996)	82	(13)
Rudolph Alexander, Jr.
Carla M. Curtis
PART 2 EARLY CHILDHOOD	95	(98)
Is Spanking Detrimental to Children?	96	(24)
Yes: ``Spanking and the Making of a Violent Society,'' Pediatrics (October 1996)	98	(12)
Murray A. Straus
No: ``A Review of the Outcomes of Parental Use of Nonabusive or Customary Physical Punishment,'' Pediatrics (October 1996)	110	(10)
Robert E. Larzelere
Are Fathers Really Necessary?	120	(28)
Yes: ``Responsible Fathering: An Overview and Conceptual Framework,'' Journal of Marriage and the Family (May 1998)	122	(13)
W.J. Doherty
Edward F. Kouneski
Martha F. Erickson
No: ``Who Is Responsible for Responsible Fathering?'' Journal of Marriage and the Family (May 2000)	135	(13)
Alexis J. Walker
Lori A. McGraw
Does Divorce Create Long-Term Negative Effects for Children?	148	(24)
Yes: ``Divorce's Toll on Children,'' The American Enterprise (May/June 1996)	150	(7)
Karl Zinsmeister
No: ``Favorable Outcomes in Children After Parental Divorce,'' Journal of Divorce and Remarriage (vol. 18, nos. 3--4, 1992)	157	(15)
David Gately
Andrew I. Schwebel
Is Television Violence Viewing Harmful for Children?	172	(21)
Yes: ``Television Violence and Its Effect on Children,'' Journal of Pediatric Nursing (April 1996)	174	(7)
Merrilyn O. Johnson
No: ``The Whipping Boy: The Hidden Conflicts Underlying the Campaign Against Violent TV,'' Reason (March 2001)	181	(12)
Jib Fowles
PART 3 MIDDLE CHILDHOOD	193	(96)
Does Marriage Improve Living Standards for Children?	194	(20)
Yes: ``Healthy Marriages Provide Numerous Benefits to Adults, Children, and Society,'' Insight on the News (March 18, 2002)	196	(4)
Wade F. Horn
No: ``Marriage, Poverty, and Public Policy,'' The American Prospect Online, http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2002/03/coontz-s-03-19.html (March 19, 2002)	200	(14)
Stephanie Coontz
Nancy Folbre
Are Stepfamilies Inherently Problematic for Children?	214	(16)
Yes: ``The Evolution of Marriage and the Problem of Stepfamilies: A Biosocial Perspective,'' in Alan Booth and Judy Dunn, eds., Stepfamilies: Who Benefits? Who Does Not? (Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994)	216	(8)
David Popenoe
No: ``Remarriages and Stepfamilies Are Not Inherently Problematic,'' in Alan Booth and Judy Dunn, eds., Stepfamilies: Who Benefits? Who Does Not? (Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994)	224	(6)
Lawrence A. Kurdek
Will School Vouchers Improve Children's Education?	230	(20)
Yes: ``Saying Yes to Vouchers: Perception, Choice, and the Educational Response,'' NASSP Bulletin (September 1995)	232	(8)
Kevin Walthers
No: ``Saying No to Vouchers: What Is the Price of Democracy?'' NASSP Bulletin (September 1995)	240	(10)
John F. Lewis
Do Bilingual Education Programs Help Non-English-Speaking Children Succeed?	250	(22)
Yes: ``Bilingual Education: Arguments For and (Bogus) Arguments Against,'' in James E. Alatis and Ai-Hui Tan, eds., Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1999: Language in Our Time: Bilingual Education and Official English, Ebonics and Standard English, Immigration and the Unz Initiative (Georgetown University Press, 2001)	252	(11)
Stephen Krashen
No: ``The Case Against Bilingual Education,'' The Atlantic Monthly (May 1998)	263	(9)
Rosalie Pedalino Porter
Will Stricter Dress Codes Improve the Educational Environment?	272	(17)
Yes: ``Uniforms Get Credit for Decrease in Discipline Problems,'' Education Week (February 14, 1996)	274	(4)
Jessica Portner
No: ``School Dress Codes v. the First Amendment: Ganging Up on School Attire,'' Paper Presented at the 78th Annual Convention of the Speech Communication Association (October 30, 1992)	278	(11)
Karon L. Jahn
PART 4 ADOLESCENCE	289	(89)
Should Children Who Are at Risk for Abuse Remain With Their Families?	290	(22)
Yes: ``Family Preservation in Missouri,'' Public Welfare (Spring 1993)	292	(9)
Lisa Kolb
No: ``When Parents Are Not in the Best Interests of the Child,'' The Atlantic Monthly (July 1994)	301	(11)
Mary-Lou Weisman
Is the Welfare of Disadvantaged Children Improving?	312	(22)
Yes: ``Making the Most of What We Already Know,'' Public Welfare (Spring 1994)	314	(8)
Lisbeth B. Schorr
No: ``What to Do About the Children,'' Commentary (March 1995)	322	(12)
William J. Bennett
Is Abstinence-Only Sex Education Effective?	334	(20)
Yes: ``School-Based Health Clinics and Sex Education,'' Probe Ministries International, http://www.probe.org/docs/clinics.html (1998)	336	(6)
Kerby Anderson
No: Advocates for Youth and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), from ``Toward a Sexually Healthy America: Roadblocks Imposed by the Federal Government's Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Education Program,'' a Report of Advocates for Youth and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) (2001)	342	(12)
Can Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse Be Recovered?	354	(24)
Yes: ``Running Away From Sexual Abuse: Denial Revisited,'' Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services (May 1995)	356	(9)
May Benatar
No: ``Wading Through the Muddy Waters of Recovered Memory,'' Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services (October 1995)	365	(13)
Susan P. Robbins
Contributors	378	(4)
Index	382