class child shares the low status of his parents, he starts life out with a disadvantage and he cares what the middle class think of him. With his parent’s failure he is more than likely he will fail also, this again comes to the question of; why young delinquents join subcultures? This in part can be answered here, the child will see the failings of his parent’s and will see no future for himself, in his mind if his parent’s fail then there is not much hope for him, a solution is to join a delinquent gang, it offers him acceptance, something he can excel at, and feel part of something. The working class child is most likely to cause problems because of their relative lack of training in order and discipline, their lack of interest in intellectual achievement and their lack of reinforcement by home in conformity to the requirements of the school. Their failings in the
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