In the sociological conversations video, allison pugh discusses her work on consumer culture and socioeconomic class differences. where their children were concerned, low-income parents tended to strive for symbolic indulgence and high-income parents tended toward symbolic deprivation. these actions are an attempt to ensure that their kids "fit in" at school – their parents were afraid of difference. the actions that a parent takes in deciding whether to provide their child with something can be understood sociologically as