Child welfare : opposing viewpoints / [print]
Carol Wekesser, book editor.
- San Diego : Greenhaven Press, (c)1998.
- 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Illegitimacy is the cause of problems for children Illegitimacy is not the cause of problems for children Divorce harms children Divorce need not harm children Unpaid child support harms children The problem of unpaid child support is exaggerated Welfare reform will benefit children Welfare reform will harm children Parental rights laws would benefit children Parental rights laws would harm children Federal child support laws benefit children Federal child support laws are ineffective Needy children can thrive in orphanages Needy children cannot thrive in orphanages Children can thrive in adopted families Adoption is not appropriate for some needy children Efforts to help abused children must be increased Efforts to prevent abuse too often harm children U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child would benefit children U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of a Child would threaten American freedoms Americans should work together to improve the lives of children Licensing parents would help children Parent education helps children Adults must be role models for children Reducing sex and violence on television would benefit children Job training can help teenagers Residential urban universities can help troubled children Volunteer court advocates can help children Charles Murray -- Robert Scheer -- Steven Waldman -- Randall Edwards -- Richard "Casey" Hoffman -- Part I: Jeffrey M. Leving, Part II: Kathleen Parker -- William J. Bennett -- Part I: Hugh B. Price, Part II: Thomas J. Osborne -- Nina Shokraii -- Bunnie Riedel -- Andrew Cherlin -- Brian Doherty -- Richard B. McKenzie -- Megan E. McLaughlin -- Bruce Bower -- Jodie Gould -- Andrew Vachss -- Hannah B. Lapp -- Robert F. Drinan -- Phyllis Schlafly -- Marian Wright Edelman -- Jack C. Westman -- Joy M. Rouse -- Montel Williams -- Robert Posch -- Mary Rose McGeady -- William Raspberry -- Elizabeth Mehren.
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Child welfare--United States. Children--Social conditions.--United States