The authoritarian child-rearing style so often found in working-class families stems in part from the fact that parents see aroundthem so many young people whose lives are touched by the pain and delinquency that so often accompanies a life of poverty. Therefore, these parents live in fear for their children's future--fear that they'll lose control, that the children will wind up on the streets or, worse yet, in jail.


Families on the fault line (ed. Harpercollins, 1994)

Lillian B. Rubin Quotes

The authoritarian child-rearing style so often found in working-class families stems in part from the fact that parents see aroundthem so many young...

The authoritarian child-rearing style so often found in working-class families stems in part from the fact that parents see aroundthem so many young...

The authoritarian child-rearing style so often found in working-class families stems in part from the fact that parents see aroundthem so many young...

The authoritarian child-rearing style so often found in working-class families stems in part from the fact that parents see aroundthem so many young...