Generation Pandemic: The Modern Child and Socialization
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- Emergence Of A New Generation
- This can't be good for her development.
- Mommy, how come I can't be at school and make friends like Leah does in this story?
- Concern Builds
- I know you want to go back, and I promise you will as soon as they open again. Turn on your computer, school is starting soon.
- And when can I go back to dance class? I miss my friends and the teacher!
- Missing Out
- Maybe you should do some research to ease your concerns and see what you can do.
- Maeve is missing out on so much. I never thought about it until i realized how limited her life is. She has never had a school concert, a field trip, or gone to a birthday party.
- Emma's daughter Maeve is six years old. Maeve has never gone to daycare, and last year, she started kindergarten online. Maeve is now halfway through first grade, still attending school online. Emma is worried about Maeve's development and formation of self in relation to others. She is worried about Maeve's development in relation tosocialization, which is the process trough which people learn to function socially and become aware of themselves in relation to and through interaction with others.
- Looking Glass Self
- Emma is concerned that Maeve does not have a vast social environment, which consists of the people around you who influence you. Due to a limited social environment, it is difficult to develop adaptation skills, which is when we arrange our behaviours and actions to ensure that our environment satisfies our needs, because Maeve's home is her main environment, she has not experienced adapting to other social environments like school.
- One-Way Interaction
- RECESS08:07 mins until class
- Since Maeve does not have access to the agents of socialization that she normally would, such as school and extracurricular activities, she is missing out on many rites of passage, which are cultural traditions that mark transitions from different life stages. She has never experienced notable expected experiences for her life stage like a field trip, a school concert, a dance performance, or a birthday party.
- Development Through Role-Taking
- Emma is reading up on theories of the formation of the self, and is interested in the impact of Charles Horton Cooley's theory of the 'looking glass self', which is a process that occurs during interaction, when people react to us and we are able to view ourselves through their perspective based on their reactions to us. Based on how we judge the way that others evaluate us, we develop a self-concept.
- "The Looking Glass Self"Charles Horton Cooley
- Based on this theory, Emma is worried about the progression of the development of Maeve's self-concept, because her expected agents of socialization are decreased, she has limited interaction with her age cohort, which is a group of people born within the same range of years. At this stage of Maeve's life, she should be around her age cohort, developing a self-concept and interaction skills with them.
- You're six just like me! We can be friends!
- I am the boss so you have to do what I say 'cause that is what friends do.
- She also learned about George Herbert Mead's four stages of development through role-taking: Imitation, Pretending, Playing Complex games, Developing a sense of cultural standards. Maeve had successfully surpassed the stages of imitation and pretending, she has always been interested in imitating words and phrases she hears from her parents, and loves playing house and other similar games. She is struggling with playing complex games and taking roles of many different characters concurrently, since she has only been exposed to her immediate family for most of her life.
- Four Stages of Development through role-taking:1. Imitation2. Pretending3. Playing Complex Games4. Developing a sense of cultural standards
- Something needs to happen. These kids cannot go on like this.
- Something Needs To Change...
- Are you okay mommy? Do you need me to do the laundry so you won't be stressed?
- No honey. It isn't your job to manage mommy's emotions. I am trying to figure out a way to help you.
- Change For The Better
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- Hey Jane, bring Carter to the park on Saturday at 10. Tell Lori and Eva to come with the kids too. Let them know that we're doing this weekly.
- Things Are Looking Up
- Maeve needs to be exposed to her age cohort to begin to understand her age roles, which are norms and expectations of the behaviour of people in their age cohorts. Since she is also an only child who is primarily around adults, she tends to gravitate to more adult age roles that are not expected of her.
- Emma decided that something needs to change. She is taking things into her own hands, and planning a regular outdoor small gathering with some of Emma's classmates. Any little change would make a difference for the children's wellbeing and socialization.
- Maeve is being exposed to her age cohort and she and her peers are experiencing some much needed expanded socialization. Emma and her friends have been doing this regularly for the kids, and they have seen tremendous changes in their children's social skills and in their overall wellbeing.
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