http://www.nd.edu/~ncassire/syllabi/grouptopics.html

Section 1: Gender Roles in the Family
Gilder, George. 1986. Men and Marriage. Pp.167-173
Gallagher, Maggie. 1996. The Abolition of Marriage.  Pp. 176-184.
Carter, Betty and Joan Peters. 1996. “Remaking Marriage and Family” Ms.Magazine 7(3):56-65.

Section 2: Gay Families
Burtoft, Lawrence. 1996. “Gay Parenting” in Focus on the Family Pp. .
Okun, Barbara. 1996. Understanding Diverse Families: What Practitioners Need to Know.  Pp. 131-135. New York: Guilford Press.
Feder, Don. 1993. “Kids Raised by Homosexuals Traumatized.” Human Events, October 16:10.
Martin, April. 1994. “Gay-Parented Families Tout Traditional Values.”  Insight, July 25:
Stoddard, Thomas. 1989. “Why Gay People Should Seek the Right to Marry.” Out/look:  National Lesbian and Gay Quarterly, no. 6 (Fall):9-13.

Section 3: Marriage
Flanders, Steven. 1996. “The Benefits of Marriage.”  The Public Interest, no. 124 (Summer):80-86.
Waite, Linda. 1996. “Social Science Finds: ‘Marriage Matters.'” The Responsive Community 6(3):26-35.
Blaisure, Karen and Katherine Allen. 1995. “Feminists and the Ideology and Practice of Marital Equality.”  Journal of Marriage and the Family 57:5-19.

Section 4: Single Parent Families
Wilson, James Q. 1993. “The Family Values Debate.” Commentary 95:24-31.
Young, Iris Marion. 1994. “Making Single Motherhood Normal.” Dissent 41:88-93.
Popenoe, David. 1996. “Introduction” Pp.1-21 in Life Without Father: Compelling New Evidence that Fatherhood and Marriage are Indispensable for the Good of Children and Society. Pp.1-20.  Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Stacey, Judith. 1996. “The Father Fixation.”  Utne Reader 77:72-73.

Section 5: Families, Work, and the Day Care Dilemma
Monica, Mary. 1993. “The Real Victims of the Nine-to-Five Dilemma.” Fidelity 12:24-36.
Droege, Kristin. 1995. “Child Care: An Educational Perspective.” Jobs and Capital (Winter):  .
Barnett, Rosalind C. and Caryl Rivers. 1996. “Ozzie and Harriet are Dead.” Pp. 1-11 in She Works, He Works: How Two Income Families are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off. New York: Harper Collins.
Mack, Dana. 1997. “The Workfare/Day Care Trap.” Pp. 194-204 in The Assault on Parenthood: How Our Culture Undermines the Family. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Family Research Council. 1992. “Infancy and Early Childhood, 0-6.” Pp. 49-51 in Free to Be Family: Helping Mothers and Fathers Meet the Needs of the Next Generation of American Children. Washington, D.C.: Family Research Council.

Section 6: Family Policy
Murray, Charles. 1998. “What Government Must Do: Make Welfare Unappealing or Reform Will Fail.” The American Enterprise 9:72-73.
Sidel, Ruth. 1998. “Epilogue.” Pp. 222-227 in Keeping Women and Children Last: America's War on the Poor. New York: Penguin.

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