Growing up, children feel a natural need to expand their circle of contacts. Socialization plays a very important role in the development of the child, the foundations of which are laid in the family.
Socialization is a time-consuming process during which a child learns the skills of behavior in society. Unlike animals, where tactics of behavior are dictated by instincts, in order to survive, a person needs clear boundaries, a kind of "rules of the game" adopted in society. Teachers briefly characterize socialization with three basic concepts - education, training, personality development.
Socialization skills are laid in the family in the first years of life, so it is important for parents to show a worthy example, to be attentive to the rest of the family, friends and relatives, and also to follow the values and norms that are instilled in the child. Any parental statement is perceived by the child as authoritative. It is highly likely that a grown-up son or daughter will solve problems and treat them exactly as his parents, brothers and sisters do.
This stage of socialization begins in a team, outside the parental family. The group is expanding, there is a kind of "conflict" of the rules of many families. For example, one child considers it normal to share a meal equally, while another is told that he needs to take a larger piece. Competent teachers or parents regulate this process and continue to explain to the child the rules and norms that operate in society.
Group goals and tasks appear, which also need to be solved together. In the future, it is easier for a grown up socialized child to interact in a work collective or to feel like “his own” in any company.
The roles in the team are highlighted - leaders and outsiders, rules of behavior and interaction with them. It is important here to instill such values as compassion, restraint, loyalty, which will definitely come in handy in adulthood.
Parents at this stage of socialization of their children should pay attention to the morality of those groups where the child is constantly located (whether it is a company on the street or a drawing circle). A son or daughter will take all models of behavior into adulthood, on their basis they will build marital relations, relationships with their children, and interact in a work collective.
Over the years, socialization only gets more complicated, the number of people and groups with which the child interacts is expanding. But these are necessary stages in the formation of a person's personality, and the difficulties that arise in his path, temper his character and help to consolidate the necessary models of behavior in society.
