The Ideological Fault Lines
This group believes that the family is the basic building block of society
Who are the Social Conservatives?
Legalized abortion in 1973
What is Roe v Wade?
Temporary assistance for the poor is known as
What is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)?
Largest single work-related expense for working mothers.
What is childcare?
The demand for both of these programs increased with the Great Recession
What is SNAP/Food stamps and free or reduced price school meals?
Main focus of progressives
What is the impact of social forces confronting today's families.
This president overturned many anti-choice rulings in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
While focusing on the replacement of welfare with work, this legislation made no provision for jobs or job training
What is the 1996 welfare legislation?
A policy for employees so that parents can have children, remain at home for some time after the birth of a child without loosing their jobs, benefits, or wages.
What is parental leave?
Was passed by congress to improve immunization for the poor and racial minorities living in relative poor states
What is the Vaccines for Children Program?
The percent of contemporary families who do not fit the traditional family model held as the ideal by conservatives
What is 93%
Under president George W Bush, the Health and Human Services Department allowed Medicare to cover abortion costs ONLY when pregnancy was a result of ____.
What is rape or incest?
Rather than unemployment, poor education, and the lack of affordable child care, the primary cause of child poverty is ____
What is the failure to marry?
Underage children who have no adult supervision after school and stay home alone.
What is latchkey children?
A federal funded program that has documented positive effects for economically disadvantaged children. As well as raise IQ scores among poor and disadvantaged by as much as 10.
What is the Head Start program?
Conservatives belief this result is why a morale rearmament on behalf of parental responsibility is needed
What is hedonistic individualism?
The most successful approach for reducing teen pregnancy and sexual activities is a combination of...
What is sex education and abstinence counseling ?
States, through federal block grants, are given a fixed sum of money and considerable flexibility in how to spend it
What is welfare law?
The belief that women belong at home, and are not encouraged by their employees to have children and work outside the home.
What is cultural attitude?
Dramatically increased the government debt and lead to policies that limit the safety net for individuals
What is the Great Recession, the huge bailouts, and the stimulus packages?
Changes in families result from a shift in values by government's policies.
What is the conservatives belief in family changes over the past 40 years ?
The irony of poor women who want abortions but cannot afford them and then are vilified.
What is increases in welfare checks ?
It is the obligation of society and the right for parents to be provided with....
What are day care centers ?
The welfare legislation of 1996 included four billion in new child-care funds over six years.
What is one of the child-care programs the federal government provides ?
Federal policy-makers created programs such as, Medicare for the elderly while reducing....
What is benefits for children (SNAP, Head Start, etc) ?