The concept of adolescence was expanded to explain 'precociousness' and 'antisocial' behavior by attributing these behaviors to the incompetence of working-class parents, who were claimed to have failed to provide correct affectionate and authoritarian control during this traumatic stage in life.

Authors

• Person: Mark Smith Organization: infed.org
  Developing youth work: Chapter 5 - Beyond social education

Sources

• Developing youth work: Chapter 5 - Beyond social education infed.org Mark Smith · infed.org via serper

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• adolescence concept
• antisocial behavior concept