Parenting
By: Roman Espejo, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780737763362; 9780737763379
Subjects: Parenthood; Parent-child relationship; Parents; Parent and child (Law)
Description: This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether corporal punishment is effective, whether young unmarried women and men should be parents, and whether teen parenting is harmful.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch 1. How should parents discipline their children? :; title: Corporal punishment is effective  -- James Dobson; title: Corporal punishment is ineffective and abusive  -- Melanie Barwick; title: The legal distinction between corporal punishment and abuse must be defined  -- Doriane Lambelet Coleman, -- Kenneth A. Dodge, -- Sarah Keeton Campbell; title: Punishment is effective  -- Ennio Cipani; title: Positive reinforcement is more effective than punishment  -- Tara Parker-Pope; title: Grounding teens from using technology can be effective  -- Donna St. George; title: Parents should allow children to experience unhappiness and pain  -- Lori Gottlieb ; -- Ch 2. Do some forms of parenting put children at a disadvantage? :; title: Young unmarried women and men should not be parents  -- Deborrah Cooper; title: Single parenting can be beneficial  -- Sabrina Broadbent; title: Same-sex parenting is harmful  -- George W. Dent Jr.; title: Same-sex parenting is beneficial  -- Stephanie Pappas; title: Teen parenting is harmful  -- Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy; title: Teen parenting can be beneficial  -- Simon Duncan, -- Rosalind Edwards, -- Claire Alexander; title: Cohabitation is harmful to parenting  -- Institute for American Values; title: Cohabitation may not be harmful to parenting  -- Lauren Sandler ; -- Ch 3. Are parents liable for their children's actions? :; title: Parents may be liable for their children's actions  -- FindLaw; title: Parental liability laws attempt to promote parental monitoring  -- Eve M. Brank, -- Jodi Lane; title: Some parental financial liability laws are not effective  -- Steve Mayes; title: Dad, I prefer the shiraz  -- Melinda Beck; title: Parents may be liable for allowing children to drink at home -- Lucinda Masterton.