Agents of Socialization: Peer Groups The socialization process
of someone starts when they are infants and continues to evolve
and change throughout their life. Every social experience one
has makes an impact on that person’s life in some sort of way.
Before entering school, a child is usually taught and has
developed much of their socialization skills by family. Upon
entering school, children will come in contact with and most
likely become involved in some type of peer group. A peer group
is a social group whose members have interests, social position,
and age in common. Now children may enjoy communicating with
their peers more then the family due to common interests.
Children can talk to peers about particular topics not discussed
at home with family members. For example, children talk about
their favorite music or clothes and even drugs or sex as they
grow older. A big distance between children and their parents
typically takes place through adolescence. A child may want to
do what their peers are doing