Exam 14: Making Family Policy Matter: Moving From Analysis to Action

Researchers can build policy development capacities utilizing methods such as family impact discussion starters, the family impact checklist method, and family impact analysis.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.

According to Kunin, the next generation of family policy activists will need to be fueled with anger, imagination, and optimism.

Governments embrace parochial agendas when they focus on community needs instead of local interests.

The formation of the Tea Party movement provides an example of anger as a catalyst for change by a young person.

To change the world of family policy, Ambassador and Governor Madeleine Kunin argues that imagination is needed. What influences young people's ability to imagine a better world?

Bogenschneider cites the main five areas of focus for family policy as: family formation, partner relationships, economic support, childrearing, and caregiving.

What is the difference between building "policy development" and "policy watchdog" capacities? Which one does Bogenschneider say is more important?

Research has shown that society creates juvenile delinquents with harsh and inconsistent parenting in the preschool years.