Youth and Values In an attempt to challenge societal values, youth cultures, in the form of rebellion, act and dress radically and form groups in protest. The Samoans strong cultural values leave little need for individual expression. “They hate and despise our whole system, all our values. Similarly, the Samoan children share this strong value system. The longer the child is kept in controlled state, the more of the general cultural attitude it will absorb and the less of a disturbing element it will become (Mead, 1973, 163).