The nurse is teaching the parents of a 9-year-old girl about the socialization that is occurring in their child through school contacts. Which information would the nurse include in her teaching plan?
A) Teachers are the most influential people in the development of the school-age child's social network.
B) Continuous peer relationships provide the most important social interaction for school-age children.
C) Parents should establish norms and standards that signify acceptance or rejection.
D) A characteristic of school-age children is their formation of groups with no rules and values involved.
Ans: B
Continuous peer relationships provide the most important social interaction for school-age children. Peer and peer-group identification are most essential to the socialization of the school-age child. Peer groups establish norms and standards that signify acceptance or rejection. Valuable lessons are learned from interactions with children their own age. A characteristic of school-age children is their formation of groups with rules and values.
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