A microsystem is a pattern of activities, roles and relations in concrete groups in which the child participates. A mesosystem comprises two or more settings in which the child participates. An exosystem consists of setting in which the child does not participate but which affect, or are affected by, settings in the mesosystem. The macrosystem refers to consistencies in the form and content of lower-order systems that exist, or could exist, at the level of the culture, or subculture, as a whole along with belief systems, ideologies, which may underlie such consistencies. Parents do not transmit their culture directly to children.
Transmission is from parents peer group to the child s peer group.
Children transfer behavior, values, and personality styles learned at home to the peer group only if it is shared by, and approved by, the majority of members of the peer group. Children from atypical homes do not transfer their atypical home behaviors to the peer group. The peer group is a general context for vetting any effort to inculcate behaviors, values, and personality styles whether it is from parents, teachers, or any cultural authority figures, including those in the media. Children therefore create their own culture by selecting and rejecting various aspects of adult culture by selecting and rejecting aspects of adult culture and by making cultural innovations of their own. Children find their own voices and styles and selecting and moving through a series of peer groups.