FratFiles

• Save Paper

Is socialisation something that parents do to their children?

Socialisation is an interactive and dynamic process by which children make sense of their lives. It is the process through which a child becomes an active competent participant in one or more communities.
How much of this process is carried out fundamentally by parents, and how much by other "sets" of people a child comes into contact with, will be the subject of this essay. The extent to which socialisation is a reciprocal process with the child actively involved in their socialisation will also be explored.

Rudolph Schaffer, a British psychologist, (discussed in chapter 1 "What is Socialisation" section 3.2) studied child rearing beliefs and practices. He identified four models of socialising as done by parents in their child rearing practices i.e. "Laissez-faire", "Clay moulding", "Conflict" and "Mutuality", and linked these models to recognised discourses on children and childhood, namely the Romantic, Tabla......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 1640
Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Socialisation From Adolescence Onwards
   

   Socialisation From Adolescence Onwards. Introduction: In this lecture, we shall
   look at the most important agents of socialisation from adolescence onward. ...

2. Socialisation From Adolescence Onwards
   

   Socialisation From Adolescence Onwards. Introduction: In this lecture, we shall
   look at the most important agents of socialisation from adolescence onward. ...

3. Socialisation
   

   Socialisation. Is socialisation something that parents do to their children? ... As
   discussed many other contexts impact on the reciprocal process of socialisation. ...

4. Childhood And Socialisation In Australia
   

   Childhood and Socialisation in Australia. Socialization is the human process
   of learning to become a member of our society, and how ...

5. Assess The View That The Education System Is The Most Powerful ...
   

   Assess the view that the Education System is the most powerful agent of
   political socialisation. Assess the view that the Education ...