Connection with The Family and Socialization in Children

As explained in previous pages, that according to Megawangi (1999) there are three elements of the internal structure of the family, one of which refers to the function sosial.14 In this case, illustrated by the role of each individual or group based on social status within a social system (eg, child, father and mother). That is, any particular social status expectations in interactions with individuals / groups will have the functions and roles, which are based not on personal characteristics of individuals but rather because the social status he held. Such course, children have an obligation to respect and obey their parents and vice versa parent shall also provide love, attention and affection on her child. This is in line with what is written Parson & Bales (1955) in Megawangi (1999), that parents have two roles: 1) Instrumental, performed by the father / husband, and 2) the role of emotional / expressive, which is usually carried by a mother / istri.15 Both roles are run by a family who is also a basic intsitusi (fundamental unit of society) in order to establish individual responsibility, self-reliant, creative and respectful through a process of continuous socialization for children anaknya.16

Was when viewed by function, families one of which plays a role in carrying out the process of socialization. Zanden (1986) suggest that family functioning is as a vehicle of socialization among individuals with greater citizen besar.17 Similar to what is stipulated in Government Regulation 21 of 1994 on the implementation of family welfare development, one of the eight existing functions are socialization and education, which is a function that gives a role to educate the descendants of the family in order to make future adjustments to the natural life that will datang.18

Socialization is a process by which a person influence others because of the interaction. For the social development of children who will be greatly influenced social agents. The most important social agents are the ones that are interconnected and can influence how people behave, including the here are a parent, sibling (sibling) or group play (peer); otherwise grandmother / grandfather, uncles / aunts and other adults in society as a wider network of relationships. Every social agency will determine the differences in the socialization process of children. Hence to produce individuals who are of good quality, very instrumental in the socialization of family virtues and norms or expected public to their child starting from the small problems that occur in families according to the stage of development of the child’s age of course . Parenting practices are important in shaping the mature and adult individuals, which include covering the sosialisasi.19