Socialization is an ever lasting process that shapes who we are and who we are going to become. Socialization teaches us what we should do, the norms of society, how we should dress, talk, and walk. It teaches every aspect of our lives by what we see and hear around us everyday. In every society the groups, individuals and institutions that help along the process of socialization are known as agents of socialization. These agents provide instructions for following social expectations. They include family, school, peer groups, mass media, and others. Although every social agent affects us in many ways, I am going to focus on one, the family.Sociologists believe the family to be the most important of the agents of socialization. Family influences the way that you are from the very second that you are born, till the very last minute you have on this earth. ...
