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Name: Laiba Asghar Class: DPT Section-A STUDENT ID: 70112377 Subject: Sociology Submitted To: Mam Rabia Sana

The document discusses the role of families in socialization. It states that family is the primary agent of socialization, teaching children norms, values, beliefs, and how to function in society. It also notes that social class plays a role, with poor families emphasizing obedience and wealthy families creativity. Finally, it mentions that while families were once the main social influence, children now interact with others, but families still pass on culture through values and behaviors.

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Name: Laiba Asghar Class: DPT Section-A STUDENT ID: 70112377 Subject: Sociology Submitted To: Mam Rabia Sana

The document discusses the role of families in socialization. It states that family is the primary agent of socialization, teaching children norms, values, beliefs, and how to function in society. It also notes that social class plays a role, with poor families emphasizing obedience and wealthy families creativity. Finally, it mentions that while families were once the main social influence, children now interact with others, but families still pass on culture through values and behaviors.

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NAME: LAIBA ASGHAR

CLASS: DPT SECTION-A


STUDENT ID: 70112377
SUBJECT: SOCIOLOGY
SUBMITTED TO: MAM RABIA SANA
SOCIOLOGY
ASSIGNMENT # 2

Role of Families in Socialization of a Person


 SOCIALIZATION:
Socialization is the process through which people are taught to be
proficient members of a society. It describes the ways that people come to
understand societal norms and expectations, to accept society's beliefs,
and to be aware of societal values. Every society builds an institutional
framework within which socialization of the child takes place. Culture is
transmitted through the communication they have with one another and
communication thus comes to be the essence of the process of cultural
transmission.

 FAMILY:
Family is the first agent of socialization. Mothers and fathers, siblings
and grandparents, plus members of an extended family, all teach a child
what he or she needs to know. For example, they show the child how to
use objects (such as clothes, computers, eating utensils, books, bikes); how
to relate to others (some as “family,” others as “friends,” still others as
“strangers” or “teachers” or “neighbors”); and how the world works (what
is “real” and what is “imagined”).
The family is rightly called the cradle of social virtues. Family being a
mini-society act as a transmission belt between the individual and society.
There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of the family in
our social development, as a family is usually considered to be the most
important agent of socialization. The family plays an outstanding role in
the socialization process. Our parents, or those who play the parent role,
are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves.
 ROLE OF FAMILY:
Families are often the first people to teach children their norms,
values and beliefs.  Parents do this through both verbal and non-verbal
communication.  Families help develop levels of trust, independence,
initiative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social
situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing
their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about
who one is. Family plays the most important role in the formation of
personality. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values,
norms, and beliefs – a system that is usually a reflection of their own social
status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The family has informal control
over its members. It trains the younger generation in such a way that it can
take the adult roles in a proper manner. As a family is a primary and
intimate group, it uses informal methods of social control to check the
undesirable behavior on the part of its members. The parents use both
reward and punishment to imbibe what is socially required from a child.

 RICH AND POOR FAMILIES:


Sociologists recognize that race, social class, religion, and other
societal factors play an important role in socialization. For example, poor
families usually emphasize obedience and conformity when raising their
children, while wealthy families emphasize judgment and creativity
(National Opinion Research Center 2008). This may occur because working-
class parents have less education and more repetitive-task jobs for which it
is helpful to be able to follow rules and conform. Wealthy parents tend to
have better educations and often work in managerial positions or careers
that require creative problem solving, so they teach their children
behaviors that are beneficial in these positions. This means children are
effectively socialized and raised to take the types of jobs their parents
already have, thus reproducing the class system (Kohn 1977). Likewise,
children are socialized to abide by gender norms, perceptions of race, and
class-related behaviors.

 RURAL SOCIETIES AND HISTORICAL PERIOD:


In rural societies, children have most of their early social contact with
the family. Today, however, the family’s importance in the child’s life is
changing. Although most children growing up today will spend a great deal
of time with people other than members of their families. Still, the family
continues to be a major means of passing on values, attitudes, and
behaviors.
Many social factors impact how a family raises its children. For
example, we can use sociological imagination to recognize that individual
behaviors are affected by the historical period in which they take place.
Sixty years ago, it would not have been considered especially strict for a
father to hit his son with a wooden spoon or a belt if he misbehaved, but
today that same action might be considered child abuse.

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