Choose one of the Family Policy Topics (below) and present a debate, where YOU take both sides.  You will also use this topic as a basis for Assignment 2.  In Forum 5, tell us what topic you’ve chosen and present information defending one side of the debate on that topic. (For Forum 6 you will need to defend the opposite side of the debate.)

Family Policy Topics

(This is a work in progress—help us improve this list! What should we add, subtract, or modify?)

1. work and family
2. elderly care
3. homelessness
4. teen pregnancy
5. mental illness
6. juvenile justice
7. health care
8. domestic violence
9. gambling
10. poverty
11. homosexual rights
12. special education
13. childcare
14. defining marriage
15. war and the family
16. education
17. economy
18. imprisonment for marijuana use
19. racial disparities in imprisonment rates
20. family medical leave
21. minimum wage
22. immigration
23. divorce laws
24. paid maternity/paternity leave
25. Early intervention programs