Agencies of Socialization

• The family is responsible for the formative years in a child's life. Here, the child gains his or her first

  experiences of love, affection, kindness, sympathy, courtesy, or the opposite of those which in turn affects an individual's personality.
• As a child continues to socialize, he or she may find other children from his or her neighborhood, close relatives, and classmates under the same age group. This informal group is known as a peer group. Peer group reaches its peak during adolescence but may continue even during adulthood. 
• The church is a social institution responsible for the formation of the spiritual and moral

  needs of a child. The norms of conduct and codes of behavior set forth by the religious organization are being taught to a child through informal teaching by his or her family and formal teaching by the church or the school. 
• A child spends most of his or her waking hours at school than at home. This is where formal learning takes place. It is in this environment that a child is taught to show love for his country, to be a responsible citizen, develop moral character, personal discipline, scientific, technological and vocational efficiency (1987 Constitution).