ABSTRACT
Immigrant children are, of course, the children of immigrants. Immigrant children, however, experience this process under particularly difficult circumstances. One of the results for immigrant children of being exposed to socializing influences outside the home which compete with the admonitions of their parents is that they are 'pulled away for their parents'. A special problem involving the exposure of immigrant children to two competing sources of socializing experiences is the problem of education. Suffice it to say here that many immigrant children experience difficulties arising from inadequate mastery of English. These can be understood, to some extent at least, in terms of alienation. Immigrant children are children between two worlds. They are constantly exposed to the norms of the British society and, to a considerable degree, accept the norms. Many immigrant children are of relatively low socioeconomic status. This is true not only of Pakistanis and West Indians in the United Kingdom, but of immigrant children throughout Western Europe.
