(Farrell, James J. One Nation Under Goods: Malls and the Seductions of American Shopping. Washington: Smithsonian Books, 2003. Print.)
"In the first few years of childhood, our families teach us the rudiments of shopping, but after that, kids begin to teach one another the lessons of consumption and shopping. CHoosing specific reference groups, they begin to compare their behavior to others around them. THis peer socialization takes place at home and at school, in cars and in corner stores, and in malls. AMerican adolescents have a lot of things on their minds, and malls help them deal with some of them." (92)
