Post #6

Over the past couple of weeks in Sociology we learned the process of Socialization and how since the day you were born you were tremendously influenced by the way you were raised during your childhood. The example we used was called "The Growing Man" and how when your a baby, your not mindful and consciousness of the things around you which means you are easily influenced by your parents. We also learned that when your a baby you begin to study your parents and mimic them in a way that leads you to show similar actions. The way your brain thinks during adolescent years is what we call "Nature" and the moment you finally become mindful of the people around you is what we call "Nurture." Unfortunately not every one was given the ability to socially interact with the people around them therefore they do not get to be mindful of the people around them and do not meet societies norms. A baby could get all the nature they need from their parents, but without having human interactions with others we don't mentally grow so therefore we become "behind" everyone. The point being that we need nature and nurture to make us who we are. If we do not get them both, we can't reach our mindfulness powers. Personally my religion influenced me the most because all my life I was pushed to follow the Qur'an (Muslim Bible) which to this day sticks with me although once in a while I do make mistakes, its human. I personally stopped religiously following it therefore it hasn't made that much of an impact on me because it taught me that if you ever consider doing something bad just remember, "god is watching." So in a way my religion truly has an impact on who I am because that's the way I was raised before I arrived to America at the age of three. Media also has a huge impact on children these days because they are the easiest target due to their knowledge of how things work in the consumer world. After being exposed with ads on the daily it soon shapes who you are because apparently the consumer world believes it will make you "cool" if you spend money on their product. The problem with kids these days is that their too accepting to new things and they believe buying the new "Nintendo" for example will make them cool because it creates conversation with friends and the people around you. Truthfully it doesn't make you cool and it takes away children's uniqueness therefore creating more chaos. In the media excerpt, they were explaining how new toys target younger kids and persuades them to buy it because its "cool" which shows that consumers manipulate children in order to take their money and create business for themselves. Of course children are easily going to believe the consumers because their not aware but, I personally believe it's not fair to target children and steal their money. It's illegal everywhere but America to target children in the Consumer world which shows how messed up we truly are.