Christopher J. Check

The nuclear family in America can be restored to its previous prominence, Christopher J. Check argues in the following viewpoint. Check contends that information technology can benefit those families that harness its power. Check asserts that such technology could encourage families to stay home to telecommute, run a family business, or home school their children. He believes that a family that travels on the “information highway” can recapture and strengthen its autonomy and home life. Check, a former Marine Corps captain, is the associate director of the Rockford Institute Center on the Family in America, a Rockford, Illinois, research organization that affirms traditional families as the foundation of society.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Check, how has the information-based economy grown"
2. How could telecommuting and...