Macleod observed in his study of boys in the United States that pervasive age grading shifted the dynamic between adults and boys from a few major struggles for autonomy to a series of minor tests along a finely calibrated course, where boys sought tokens of maturity without demanding total independence, while adults attempted to restrain them without stifling their initiative.

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

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

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