Agents of Socialization, Economics, Cultural, and Social Capital

            In every society, a person or institution has the obligation of making an individual being a part of the society.  The   persons or the individuals are referred to as the socialization agents. These agents are generally responsible for the provision of individual’s education in regard to society’s expectation and how they should be fulfilled. The regulation, values, and expectations are therefore moved carried by the socialization agents which permits the society to perform is a smooth mode (Teds, 2013).

One socialization agent that has changed the most in my life is family.  I grew up having my family around especially my parents but that is in the past now. My family is no longer that close as both my father’s and mother’s side family members are no longer close to us. Despite the fact that families nowadays are very small as family joints longer exist we do not hold close relationship in our nuclear family.  This is a great change to me as the mode of communication and interactions between us has changed gradually.  In reality, I am closer to persons who are not even family.  A family is an essential part of one’s personality as it provides both physical and emotional support (Teds, 2013).

However, I believe that families today are not intact as they used to be.  Currently, all that is offered by a family is physical help such as financial assistance to acquire education while the emotional support has been withdrawn by modernity.  To me this has been a huge change as everyone is focused on their personal goals and the family goals that I grew up knowing are  no longer in existence. 

This change is important in illustrating how the modern society’s family has changed.  Modernity has brought huge changes especially in the context of interaction and communication.  This is additionally essential in demonstrating the importance of family in developing one’s personality.

 

 

 

 

 

            Reference

Teds. (2013). Ron McCollum: How Technology Allowed Me To Read. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_mccallum_how_technology_allowed_me_to_read#t-932741