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Four Everyday Influences

Family, school, friends and media all shape what a young person learns to see as normal. Their messages can agree with one another or pull in different directions.

In the picture

  1. A plate at a family meal: family routines pass on norms and values.
  2. A teacher’s desk: school transmits rules, knowledge and expected behaviour.
  3. Park steps under friends: the peer group shapes belonging and everyday choices.
  4. A television screen: media circulates stories, images and ideals.

Examples

  • A teenager learns to say please at home, then hears friends praise a different way of speaking.
  • A family says saving is important, while a show or friends push spending on new things.

Quiz: Four Everyday Influences (Age 16)

  1. Which influence is described as transmitting rules, knowledge and expected behaviour?

    • Family
    • Media
    • School
  2. What does the card say about primary socialisation?

    • It happens mainly in adulthood through formal exams.
    • It happens only through television and social media.
    • It happens mainly in childhood through close daily contacts.
  3. According to the card, how can family, school, peer groups and media relate to each other?

    • They always pass on exactly the same norms and values.
    • They have no influence on what young people see as normal.
    • They can support or clash with each other.

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Age 16