Traditional families are declining / Barbara LeBey -- The decline of traditional families may be over / David Blankenhorn -- Divorce harms children / Maggie Gallagher -- Divorce need not harm children / Suzanne Moore -- Working mothers are harming the family / Richard Lowry -- Working mothers are benefiting the family / Reed Kariam -- Marriage leads to healthier families / Linda J. Waite -- Marriage is not necessary for healthy families / Dorian Solot -- Fathers are essential to healthy families / Alan W. Dowd -- Fathers are not essential to healthy families / Louise B. Silverstein and Carl F. Auerbach -- Traditional husband and wife roles help maintain healthy families / Steven E. Rhoads -- Traditional husband and wife roles must change / Steven L. Nock -- Adoption should be encouraged / Elizabeth Bartholet -- Adoption should be abolished / Evelyn Burns Robinson -- Gays and lesbians should have the right to adopt / Albert R. Hunt -- Gays and lesbians should not have the right to adopt / Paul Cameron -- Improved day care would benefit the family / Mona Harrington -- Day care should be discouraged / Karl Zinsmeister -- Family courts harm fathers and families / Stephen Baskerville -- Family courts serve fathers and mothers fairly / Tim Tippins -- Covenant marriage would benefit the family / John Crouch -- Convenant marriage would not benefit the family / Ashton Applewhite -- Legalizing same-sex marriage would strengthen marriage / Andrew Sullivan -- Legalizing same-sex marriage would harm marriage / David Frum.
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Authors examine the state of the family, discussing marriage and divorce, alternative families, adoption, and family policies.