Socio-Cultural Issues of the Process of Children's Socialization

Culture is defined, from the point of view of social sciences, as a way of life specific to people, which consists in tool making, as well as in a process of learning or transmission of knowledge, behaviors and skills from one generation to another. Culture cannot exist outside of groups, communities or societies. In the process of socialization, parents play an essential role; sociological research discovered that there are four styles of parenting: authoritarian, permissive, authoritative and uninvolved. But this typology can know a series of nuances regarding the way in which the role of parents in educating their own children is perceived in various cultures. On the other hand, there are other factors and agents that influence the process of children’s socialization, for example the older sisters or brothers, members of extended family, or peer groups.