The Family as an Agent of Socialization

Families are fundamental social systems of society, families are considered to be the major and most important subjects of socialization. Families usually consist of men and women, their children, or two or more people who usually live in the same house and have the same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, families have always been considered social institutions; this has the greatest impact on society. Everyone is born in a form of family. Families are responsible for training within the structure of the family and within, guidance of norms, or acceptance of actions.

Social agents - people, groups, or institutions that teach us to recognize the need to participate in society. Families are the most important social entity in all societies. Families are the places where race, class, economy, religion, subculture, and sex affect a person for the first time, a particular social position in society. Working class parents are focused on child obedience and submission. They may be able to teach unsatisfied ambitions. Children of the upper classes gain more freedom and flexibility and planting a monetary and socially successful thinking family is the most important social entity in all societies. Families are where we gain a certain social position in society, factors of ethnicity, rank, economy, religion, subculture, and gender are the first to affect individuals.

CH. 4 Socialization is a lifelong interactive process in which an individual acquires self identity just like the body, mind, and life.

Social agents are considered to provide important information necessary for a child to succeed in order to become a member of society. Examples of these agents are family, school, associates, media and so on. All social agents are related to each other. For example, in the media, symbolic images influence individuals and society, making mass media the most controversial social agent. Families are fundamental social systems of society, families are considered to be the major and most important subjects of socialization. Families are responsible for growing in the structure and society of their families, teaching norms, and accepting actions. There are many kinds of families that can be described as a series of relationships including parents and children and can be included by anyone involved through blood or adoption. Socialization is to learn social groups, communities or cultural customs, attitudes and values