Some truths are universal. A child comes into the world with needs. Newborns need to be physically close to their mother and be able to receive and give affection to form a lasting emotional bond. Children need to feel safe, that they will never be abandoned and that they are loved and appreciated. This deeply special relationship between mother and child guides the person's relationships for the rest of their life. If this relationship is close and secure, the child learns to trust and love. If this relationship is emotionally distant and inconsistent, and especially if there is abuse, then the child learns not to trust or care and believes that he is all alone and that the world becomes a very big and scary place. The importance of this deep connection between mother and child cannot be overstated enough. Since God created us to bond, this is part of our very essence. If we can't bond with loving relationships, we will bond with something else that isn't so loving. This is the root of the gang problem. Gangs are able to recruit our youth because they offer the promise of meeting all these unmet needs. They take the form of providing a “family” for a child who feels neglected or unloved. At home. Since the beginning of humanity, criminal organizations that engage in covert and criminal behavior have existed as a threat to society. Gangs are not a new problem in America, nor are the problems associated with them. However, they have never been as harmful or ubiquitous as they are today. Let's take a brief look at the past because it is possible to see the future in the past. The beginning of the American gang began during the first waves of Euro...... middle of paper ......n. What will emerge will be children, born to parents who wanted them, who thought for them. Children whose needs are met, whose parents provide for them, whose parents care for them. This may all seem too ideal to some, but every problem has at least one workable solution. We can do it. Because these children are “Too big to fail”. SOURCES1. Hirschi, Travis. Causes of delinquency. Berkeley: University of California Press, 19722. Fremon, Celeste. Father Greg and the Home Boys. New York: Putnam, 1995.3. Siegel, L.J. and Welsh, BC. Juvenile delinquency. Belmont, CA: Thomas Wadsworth, 20054. Simpson, Colton. Inside the Crips. New York: St. Martin's Press, 20055. Insecure attachment and attachment disorders. Helpguide.org. November 8, 2008.http://www.helpguide.org/mental/parenting_bonding_reactive_attachment_disorder.htm