Sociology of the Family Course Notes
Families with Young Children and the Middle Years- October 23, 2012
What is socialization? –process of passing on to new members a cultures way of thinking and acting. Transmitting thoughts and behaviours. Allows individual to identify self identity, to assume their new rolls and function in society
-Parents-the first socializers-primary groups that socialize a family. During the early years they directly influence children by who they are and their day to day interactions. Parents exert indirect control over the child’s environment (selecting neighborhood where you want your children to be raised). Indirectly they choose who wil form their child’s friend groups (neighborhood choice). Marital status, sex, sexual orientation, and age of parents shape a child. Parenthood convential order at home, gender division of paid and unpaid—daddy works at home, and mommy goes to work—shows child that’s normalcy, could be different gender of labour somewhere else. Gender specific roles due to life situation of that family
Affects children (institutions)
-schools, media, churches, peer groups, day care, extra curricular programs.
-Siblings- more egalitarian and equal to their peer relationship. Unlike peer relationships, the sibling is inscribed, not optimal, “stuck with family,” older siblings socialize younger siblings—positive--wanting to ride a bike, sharing, communication, attitudes between safe sex, positive relationships, important identity, being strong person, when not to and when to get involved in situations negative—how to use makeup, smoking and drinking, young child figures out how to manipulate parents by watching older siblings, teach skills, attitudes, delinquency and aggressive behaviour, need to know when to stand up to their rights and when to give in
-peer group- once children start day care and school, peers become huge part of their life, parents have power over peers when young, but control is less when children grow up as parents cannot
What is socialization? –process of passing on to new members a cultures way of thinking and acting. Transmitting thoughts and behaviours. Allows individual to identify self identity, to assume their new rolls and function in society
-Parents-the first socializers-primary groups that socialize a family. During the early years they directly influence children by who they are and their day to day interactions. Parents exert indirect control over the child’s environment (selecting neighborhood where you want your children to be raised). Indirectly they choose who wil form their child’s friend groups (neighborhood choice). Marital status, sex, sexual orientation, and age of parents shape a child. Parenthood convential order at home, gender division of paid and unpaid—daddy works at home, and mommy goes to work—shows child that’s normalcy, could be different gender of labour somewhere else. Gender specific roles due to life situation of that family
Affects children (institutions)
-schools, media, churches, peer groups, day care, extra curricular programs.
-Siblings- more egalitarian and equal to their peer relationship. Unlike peer relationships, the sibling is inscribed, not optimal, “stuck with family,” older siblings socialize younger siblings—positive--wanting to ride a bike, sharing, communication, attitudes between safe sex, positive relationships, important identity, being strong person, when not to and when to get involved in situations negative—how to use makeup, smoking and drinking, young child figures out how to manipulate parents by watching older siblings, teach skills, attitudes, delinquency and aggressive behaviour, need to know when to stand up to their rights and when to give in
-peer group- once children start day care and school, peers become huge part of their life, parents have power over peers when young, but control is less when children grow up as parents cannot