Thus while the behavior of the young in general had improved, it appeared, at least to their social superiors, that the behavior of youths had deteriorated. This 'juvenile delinquency' was not so much new as a residual survivor of the anti-social behavior, which had been general among poorer children before the coming of compulsory education. The shortcomings of youths, however exaggerated, indicate that the schools were not altogether successful in instilling a sense of discipline in their pupils. More and more people came to realize that the schools alone could not purge the young of their anti-social and often illicit behavior. But by then it had also become apparent that the problems posed by the youths were not on the scale imagined only a few years before.
Youth groups continue to have difficulties providing services to children of low-income families.
Only Government supported groups like the Hitler Youth and Young Pioneers did not face this problem. Groups like the Scouts face many fdifficulties in opperating in the inner-city and other low income communities . First, children have less monet to participate to pay for dues, uniforms, trips, camps, ect. Third, fewer adults have the time or money to serve as a adult leaders. There are Scour groups in low-income communities, but overall Scouting continues to be a white middle class movement.