The family as an agent of primary socialisation

The family teaches basic social attitudes, norms and values of the culture to the child. Much work on primary socialisation processes has been underatken by feminists and it has focussed on the way that children acquire their sense of identity from their family in particular, the way that they learn gender roles:

• Imitation-children learn social skills by watching and copying their parents. Thus, they will learn when and what to eat, how to control their…