Socialization and Feral Children

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Sociology 1
Socialization
Socialization is actually a process of conveying rules, beliefs, attitude and beliefs to
group members. Socialization is also considered as the setup which offers platform on which
human acquire the required skills in order to prove them self as function part of the society.
Socialization is mainly of two types, one is primary socialization and other is secondary
socialization. Primary socialization usually connected with the initial stage of life as a child and
teenage (Malloy et al., 2019). It is also considered as the base for child development because it
improves their future. Primary socialization is connected with child learning, attitude, actions,
and morals which connects them with the social culture. It is always under the influence of
family and friends. Secondary socialization is mainly connected with the complete life process of
the individual right from child until the individual develops a new group in the society. It is also
connected with the procedure of learning behaviour when linked with small or larger social
group (Richards, 2015). In simple words, it can be said as behavioural pattern which is being
reinforced by the agents of socialization.
Agents of socialization are family, education, peers group, religion, media and workplace
and have great influence in the learning and development of the child. Family impact on the
child in the form of displaying them a role model by educating them related to morals and values
connected with life (Lumen, 2019). They also offer them a gender identity. Education plays a
very important role in learning and development in terms of setup norms, culture and procedures
in order to develop new skill and traits. Peers are considered as one of the most influential agents
because their impact is more as an individual spent more time with them. In addition to this,
religions also set up the base for the future believes in the minds of the individual so that they
can enhance their performance in society.
Feral children
Feral children belong to those types of human community which remains isolated from
rest of the world from their earlier childhood and therefore they do not have any experience
related to language as well as health aspects (Rollo, 2018). These sections of children lack a
basic sense of skills which is essential for becoming socialized. They feel difficulty in learning

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common human language and use their own symbol notations. They lack all kind of common
activities which are being found in the children which belong to the civilized community.
Yes, feral children can be made fit in socialization process if they are put in the
socialization process in an earlier age. This process is considered one of the most important parts
of human because it offers learning and development abilities. In this situation, feral children
will go through the number of process which will involve activities like behaviour, language and
basic manners (Winston & Chicot, 2016). It may be possible that they will feel difficulty in
learning in language because they have spent generation in wood and their learning abilities may
be a little bit weak. There was one famous case in which feral children had transformed into
social human being and was also offered tittle of Victor of Averyron. This kid came in contact
with the civilized community after spending 9 years in wood of southern French town which is
known as Aveyron in 1798. In start, they refused to contact with any human and try to show
violent behaviour (Florida and Bronze, 2015). Several years were spent on this boy and finally
learned the basic manners of taking bath, wear clothes and express what he feels with the help of
non-verbal signals in the form of sadness but was not able to learn language till he died.Yes,
feral children are able to communicate with the animal community in their environment. One
such incident happened with Sidi Mohamed which is also known as ostrich boy. It was an
amazing story in which he was adopted by a group of Ostrich which takes care of him and taught
many how to communicate with other animals (Andrei, 2018). He learned their facial expression
and on the base of which he replies in the same pattern which formed a communication between
them. He was very effective in connecting his all ostrich family member within the wood
environment.
Yes, there have been many cases in which feral children have gone through imitation and
were being rewarded and punished on the base of their behaviour. One such incident has
happened and was famous with Oxana the “dog girl name. In this case, Oxana was ignored by
her alcoholic family and was raised by dog for five years in which she was going through
imitation and was taught by dog related to their behaviour and has faced reward and punishment
on the base of her task such as eating raw meat and sleep on floors. Yes, feral children have
experienced secondary socialization in terms of human interaction because both human and
animals express their sadness and happiness through expression. Human interaction has offered