The problem of measuring ideological proximities or identifications among children is one of the most difficult. First, the author defines the limits of measurement by means of partisan identification when applied to cultures other than the American one and to populations other than adult. Second, using more indirect means of measurement it is suggested that ideological values which may be described as left‐ or right‐wing are part of the set of values acquired by most of the children and structure most of their attitudes even if they are unaware of it and even when they are unable to qualify themselves as being on the Left or Right.