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    The family plays the most important role in socializing children and transmitting culture to new generations. As the center of children's lives, families teach norms, values, beliefs, and how to function in relationships and society. Children learn their first lessons about gender roles, class, and culture from interactions with family members. While other influences are increasingly important, the family remains a primary agent of socialization and means of passing on a society's traditions.

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    The family plays the most important role in socializing children and transmitting culture to new generations. As the center of children's lives, families teach norms, values, beliefs, and how to function in relationships and society. Children learn their first lessons about gender roles, class, and culture from interactions with family members. While other influences are increasingly important, the family remains a primary agent of socialization and means of passing on a society's traditions.

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    Roles of Family in Socialization

    Socialization is a process by which culture is transmitted to the younger generation and men learn the rules and
    practices of social groups to which they belong. The term socialization refers to the process of interaction through
    which the growing individual learns the habits, attitudes, values, and beliefs of the social group into which he has been
    born. 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.

    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. The family is the most important agent of socialization because it is the
    center of the child’s life, as infants are totally dependent on others. Not all socialization is intentional, it depends on the
    surrounding. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for
    ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share
    resources.

    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.

    According to Robert. K. Merton, “it is the family which is a major transmission belt for the diffusion of cultural standards
    to the oncoming generation”. The family serves as “the natural and convenient channel of social continuity. The most
    profound effect is gender socialization; however, the family also shoulders the task of teaching children cultural values
    and attitudes about themselves and others. Children learn continuously from the environment that adults create.
    Children also become aware of class at a very early age and assign different values to each class accordingly.

    For example, Alexander, a young boy who lives in America, was born to an immigrant family. He grew up bilingual and
    was taught the importance of collectivistic values through socialization with his family. This experience differs
    drastically from someone born to an older, ‘traditional’ American family that would emphasize the English language
    and individualistic values.

    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, this does not mean that the participation of families in socialization has
    ended. Still, the family continues to be a major means of passing on values, attitudes, and behaviours.

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