- The main agent of primary socialisation (0-4)
- Parents teach basic norms and values and contribute to our identity
- Learn through imitation of family members and through positive and negative sanctions
- Feral children did not experience primary socialisation
Perspectives
Functionalists: The female is the expressive leader and is mainly responsible for the nurturing and socialisation of the children.
Marxist: The nuclear family performs ideological functions for capitalism.
Postmodernist: Families are very varied and individuals have much more choice how to live their lives.
Feminist: The family has two key methods to oppress women, socialising girls to accept subservient roles and that boys are superior and socialising women that the 'housewife' role is the only way to be a woman.
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