Difference between revisions of "426--Week 1 Questions/Comments--Thursday"
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<p>The only real change that I can think of now is that there might be more laws in place concerning parental rights and responsibilities for children who were born outside of marriage. </p> -- Rebecca | <p>The only real change that I can think of now is that there might be more laws in place concerning parental rights and responsibilities for children who were born outside of marriage. </p> -- Rebecca | ||
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| + | "Shorn of traditional educational and productive functions, the stability of today's families rests on the tenuous basis of affection, compatibility, and mutual interest." | ||
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| + | This made me laugh because I totally take for granted that affection, compatibility, and mutual interest form a GREAT basis for a family unit. Certainly more so than being completely trapped in a marriage because you have a bunch of young children and no way to care for them without your spouse's help. I think that on this last page Mintz and Kellogg are assuming that stable=happy and unstable=unhappy. -- Rebecca | ||
