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Why Socialization Matters

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Socialization is how a society reproduces itself, transmitting culture to new members and equipping them to participate in it.

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Extreme isolation in early childhood produces lasting deficits that later teaching cannot fully repair.

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Reproduction is never exact; each generation transmits a somewhat altered version of it.