Nothing is more central to the maintenance of social order than...

[Ronald L. Boostrom:] Nothing is more central to the maintenance of social order than the regulatory mechanisms employed to control and socialize our children.

source: Article 'Thomas Szasz and Juvenile Deviance' by Ronald L. Boostrom; Coordinator(1980), Criminal Justice Program, San Diego State University; Reprinted from the proceedings of a special conference entitled 'Asclepius at Syracuse: Thomas Szasz, Libertarian Humanist'; Sponsored by The Institute for Humanistic Studies, M.E. Grenander, Director, State University of New York at Albany, pp. 369-378.; Conference: 17-19 April 1980