Is the Family the building block for Society?

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Is the Family the building block for Society?

Socialisation is a process by which members of a society learn the norms, values, roles and social practices of that society.

Socialisation is an on-going process. As we mature, we become exposed to more and more input from other agents of socialization, particularly schools and peers and mass media. The input from one agent of socialization can modify the inputs of others.

Family is critical. Society has imposed a legal responsibility on the family to

provide the nurture that is considered to be the most important element of socialisation.

In the dictionary, a Family is a unit of people who are related to each other either biologically (blood) or legally (marriage).

A Family is refered to a group of people liveing together. The structure of the family varies from society to society. There are two basic family structures and these are the 'nuclear' and 'extended' family.

The 'nuclear' family is defined as an adult heterosexual couple and their dependent children. Units larger than the nuclear family are usually known as 'extended families'.

There are two basic types of socialisation:

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