FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Helicopter Parent, Birth Order, Parenting Styles
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Socialization in the life cycle o socialization is the process of passing on to new members a culture"s ways of thinking and acting: occurs mainly in childhood, and by the time they are adults, people are expected to share the values and norms of society, most theories of the family look at how cultural values and norms are passed on to new members. The socialization smorgasbord o children are presented with a variety of experiences out of which they form individual identities and value systems o the child participates actively in the process o the levels of physical maturation, intellectual development and social experiences help determine whether a child can understand and comply with socially approved behaviour: defining children o how we socialize children reflects what we expect of their future and the value we place on them, parents the first socializers o parents are the single most powerful influence in the socialization of children.