QUESTION TEXT: Trisha: Today's family is declining in its…
QUESTION TYPE: Point At Issue
ARGUMENTS: Trisha thinks the family is in decline, and we must return to the old ways.
Jerod agrees that modern families are less stable. But he thinks they’re “good enough”, and that we might muck things up by trying to return to the old ways.
ANALYSIS: With point at issue questions, you need to find something that both people mention, and disagree about.
Here, Jerod agrees that families aren’t doing as well. But he thinks that criticizing the family is harmful. The family is good enough as it is.
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- CORRECT. Trisha says we need to reform the family. Jerod thinks that modern families are “good enough”.
- Jerod agrees with Trisha that families have been changing.
- Trisha never says whether most people value families.
- Trisha never goes so far as to say that families are doomed unless we change.
- Jerod doesn’t say whether he thinks families are still traditional.
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