Betsy and Karen are married and have two children together. Which of the following is most likely to be TRUE about their family?
a. Their children are more likely to grow up unhappy and maladjusted compared with children raised in heterosexual families.
b. Very little is known about lesbian families because most of the research has been conducted with gay men raising children.
c. For the most part, same-sex parents have little in common with heterosexual parents.
d. Lesbian mothers have greater parenting skills and awareness of child development than do heterosexual couples.
Question 2
In explaining criminality, Robert K. Merton's anomie theory emphasizes __________.
a. insufficient access to the approved means of attaining socially approved goals
b. contact with others in criminal groups from whom one learns attitudes and values supportive of criminality
c. social class inequalities that reflect exploitation of the poor by the well-to-do
d. criminal and delinquent subcultures that form to express adolescent rebellion
McBurney’s point is the common location of pain in children and adolescents with appendicitis.
American Children with Working Parents
Children and Their Development, Third Canadian Edition
Literacy Development in the Early Years: Helping Children Read and Write
Preschool children played with same-sex or opposite-sex playmates
Sample hypnograms of children, young adults, and older adults