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How has gang membership replaced the role of the family in some adolescents and what effect has this had on the development of adolescent disorders?
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∙ 12y ago
While I can't give any statistics to this question, or a list of developmental adolescent disorders associated with this topic, but the answer to the gang-as-surrogate-family question is simple:
As children, we all want to feel accepted, whether by our parents or society, or both, and when that does not happen, we become estranged from society. If a child is rejected by his/her parents, he/she will seek out acceptance from other sources--the usual source often being gangs. It starts (usually) with a friend to the child who is in a gang all ready who accepts the child through his/her friendship. As they grow closer, the rejected child will want to be a part of his/her friend's gang as they all become better acquainted.
*Mind that this only one possible scenario and that this does not apply to all gang members/parentally-estranged children.
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