FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Even when young children begin to play with other children outside the home, the family remains the most important socializing influence. Not only are there more contacts with family members than with other people, but the contacts are closer, warmer, and more emotionally tinged than contacts with those any outside the home. These close family relationships exert a greater influence over the child than do other social influences. However, how much influence different family members have depends on their individual relationship with the child.
In general, young children's attitudes toward people, things, and life in general are patterned by their home life. Although no one method of child training can guarantee good or poor adjustments, whether personal or social, there is evidence that children brought up in democratic homes generally make better adjustments to outsiders than children from permissive or authoritarian homes.
The ordinal position of the child likewise influences the type of adjustments the child will make Firstborns usually make better social adjustments than their later-born siblings, though not necessarily better personal adjustments.
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