According to Mead we play a large part in our own socialization. The broad aims of the list are to explore the merits of Mead's work, including its relations to any and all developments in philosophy and the social sciences at large. For most people the family has the greatest impact on socialization. The family is the greatest impact because for the first few years of life children are totally dependent on their parents. During this time, parents often relay their political and social views upon their children.
Children also learn from the environment that the adults unconsciously create.
The School Schools enlarge children's social world to include people of more diverse social backgrounds. School age children very quickly form play groups made up of one sex and race. The Peer Group A child's peer group allows them to escape the direst supervision of adults. Children are free to act like children rather than like adults. Peer groups become more prominent during adolescence, when young people begin to break away from the family structure, in order to feel more like young adults.