Parenting

by Roman Espejo (Editor)

Overview

"When I grow up I am not going to treat my kids like you treat me!" You probably said that to your parents while growing up, because it's easy to get flustered during family tension, and so easy to criticize what's standing across from you. Parenting is definitely a skill, and just because you have a child, it doesn't mean you have great parenting skills. It's a long, adaptive learning process filled with challenges. This collection of essays, spread across four chapters, navigates readers through the issues relating to parenthood. The essays are in a pro-versus-con format, which in addition to sharing facts and details, allow for objectivity to develop was readers form their own opinions. Topics such as discipline, reinforcement, grounding, shielding children from emotional distress, single parent, same-sex parenting, and teen parenting are all richly debated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737763362
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	03/12/2013
Series:	Opposing Viewpoints Series
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints? 11

Introduction 14

Chapter 1 How Should Parents Discipline Their Children?

Chapter Preface 20

1 Corporal Punishment Is Effective James Dobson 22

2 Corporal Punishment Is Ineffective and Abusive Melanie Barwick 28

3 The Legal Distinction Between Corporal Punishment and Abuse Must Be Defined Doriane Lambelet Coleman Kenneth A. Dodge Sarah Keeton Campbell 37

4 Punishment Is Effective Ennio Cipani 46

5 Positive Reinforcement Is More Effective than Punishment Tara Parker-Pope 54

6 Grounding Teens from Using Technology Can Be Effective Donna St. George 59

7 Parents Should Allow Children to Experience Unhappiness and Pain Lori Gottlieb 65

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 74

Chapter 2 Do Some Forms of Parenting Put Children at a Disadvantage?

Chapter Preface 76

1 Young Unmarried Women and Men Should Not Be Parents Deborrah Cooper 78

2 Single Parenting Can Be Beneficial Sabrina Broadbent 86

3 Same-Sex Parenting is Harmful George W. Dent 92

4 Same-Sex Parenting Is Beneficial Stephanie Pappas 103

5 Teen Parenting Is Harmful: Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy 111

6 Teen Parenting Can Be Beneficial Simon Duncan Rosalind Edwards Claire Alexander 118

7 Cohabitation Is Harmful to Parenting: Institute for American Values 129

8 Cohabitation May Not Be Harmful to Parenting Lauren Sandler 137

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 141

Chapter 3 Are Parents Liable for Their Children's Actions?

Chapter Preface 143

1 Parents May Be Liable for Their Children's Actions: FindLaw 145

2 Parental Liability Laws Attempt to Promote Parental Monitoring Eve M. Brank Jodi Lane 153

3 Some Parental Financial Liability Laws Are Not Effective Steve Mayes 159

4 Dad, I Prefer the Shiraz Melinda Beck 164

5 Parents May Be Liable for Allowing Children to Drink at Home Lucinda Masterton 170

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 176

For Further Discussion 177

Organizations to Contact 179

Bibliography of Books 183

Index 187