11.Fathers tend to be more involved with sons than with daughters.
12.Fathers who participate in childbirth tend to hold and rock their infants more.
13.The rise in divorce, remarriage and stepfamilies, and unwed pregnancies has had no effect on men becoming successful fathers.
14.Children who view a great deal of television are more likely to see the world as less scary.
15.Directing a child’s behavior ahead of time is preferable to surprises in their behavior.
16.Most new parents discover that firm routines increase parent-child conflicts.
17.Most child experts agree that mild spanking with parental emotional support, not anger, is acceptable as a form of discipline.
18.Presenting an alternative to a child immediately creates a confrontation.
19.A child who is too strongly socialized in the early stages may suffer from needless inhibitions as an adult.
20.In the American nuclear family, parents are expected to give a child total parenting.
21.During adolescence, peer influence becomes stronger than parental influence.
22.Black children are much more likely than white children to live in and benefit from extended family arrangements.
23.Independent adoptions are when children in the child welfare system are placed in permanent home by government-operated agencies.
24.Experts agree that it is best to share the knowledge of adoption with the child from the very beginning.
25.Despite a rise in single-parent families, most young people still value being married and raising a family.