Socialization Matters

This week in Sociology we talked about how socialization was just as important if not more than anything else with growing and developing. We watched an Oprah episode about this 6 year old child who was found neglected in a room for most of her life with the skills of a 6 month old infant because nobody had taught her how to do any of that. Her mom barely fed her and pretty much left her in there to die. When child services found her, she was wearing a soiled diper, with no other clothes, and insect infested hair. They took her out of there immediately and brought her into their care. A lovely family chose to adopt her, but little did they know how underdeveloped she really was. She couldn't walk, talk, feed herself, dress herself, and do all the normal things a 6 year old child should be doing. Just this case alone shows how much other people really effect our lives, and help us to develop. It's not just our brain or our genes that make us who we are but the people surrounding us as well. I'm so thankful for the family I have, and I wouldn't do anything to change that.