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From Student Cchello Professor And Classmates What Toys Did

From Student Cchello Professor And Classmates What Toys Did

FROM STUDENT: C.C Hello professor and classmates, · What toys did you have as a child that you think of as agents of socialization? This question brings too many good memories, so many that I wish I could go back in time. I grew up by the beach, among my favorite games was to play banker, barbies, hide and seek, and ride my bike with my friends. As kids you are less to judge, you don’t really care the way someone looks, what they do for living, where they live or if they are not the same race, all you care is to have fun and make more friends so your group of friends gets bigger because that would mean more fun.

How did you use toys to understand relationships, or prepare for new ones? When we played banker, we would use fake money and sell or buy things that we labeled. We learned the value of money and had an idea of what we could buy with it, we practiced division, multiplication, subtraction and addition while playing. “Social environment, then, is a crucial part of an individual’s socialization” (Kendall, 2016, p. 69). Playing hide and seek, or riding bikes, helped us be competitive, and also taught us to be considerate of friends who were scared of going too fast, were just learning how to ride bikes, or weren’t fast runners. These experiences helped me become more aware of my own and my friends’ feelings, understand that not everyone has the same personality, and that even when we disagreed sometimes, it didn’t last long before we were playing again.

Which theoretical perspective on socialization from this week's reading (symbolic interactionist, functionalist, and/or conflict perspective) best helps you understand your childhood toys as agents of socialization and why? I think the symbolic interactionist perspective helps me understand my childhood games the most because as young children, we adjusted as a small community and often changed game rules so everyone could participate and win. Overall, this form of socialization was very important in my childhood, as I made long-time friends, and our parents became friends too, some even helping each other out when needed. A notable point is that when you get to know your parents’ friends, you gain insight into why your friends behave as they do (Journal of Marketing Thought, 2019).

References: Kendall, D. E. (2018). Sociology in our times: The Essentials. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. Shin, J. H., & Chi, Y. C. (2019). Journal of Marketing Thought, 9-14. Retrieved February, 2019.