This book was first published in 1978.

Harriett Wilson, G.W. Herbert

Part 1: Data 1. The problem defined 2. The families and the environment 3. The control groups and the random sample 4. The boys at school 5. The Play-groups 6. Delinquency Part 2: Conversations With Parents 7. Shared experience and the socialization of children 8. The world of the child 9. Achievement, self-reliance and responsibility 10. Tolerance and discipline Part 3: Interpretaion 11. Child-centredness 12. The poverty syndrome and child development