Today I have chosen to talk about little babies! Socialization starts from day one. Day one of when you coddle and love your sweet, innocent, adorable infant. It is *believed to be that from an infant to age 5 is when the brain develops the fastest. At the daycare center, where I work, something really caught my attention..A simple game like peek-a-boo caught on to Marcus. He learned to repeat what he saw.

This little boy, Marcus, who is a little over a year old is the cutest little thing ever. At this age he is at right now, he is at the touch, play, and explore stage. This baby is so smiley and happy, but what baby isn't adorable and cute?! I started to play "peek-a-boo" with him and he IMMEDIATELY responded. Psychology studies have taught me the reason why children find peek-a-boo so interesting. It is because babies have this attachment theory and they think that we go away and will not come back. They do not get the concept that if something is not there, it doesn't mean that is gone forever. (This is also why young children get upset when their parents leave). As I repeatedly played peek-a-boo with him, his laughter and huge smile lit up the room. I started to peak my head out of the door way and come back in to surprise him! HE LOVED IT. What I found interesting, was when HE started to play peek-a-boo with me. After he learned from me, he put his hands over his face and tried to say booooo as he was laughing! Babies learn from the repetition they are introduced to. Parents essentially teach their children certain behavior depending on how they act, and how they deal with the punishment of the situation when they do something wrong. 

Infants and young toddlers are transformed by the agents of socialization- their parents, family members (siblings), teachers or caregivers, and environment. Their parents and caregivers ween them into learning and behaving how they should by watching their parents. Infants eventually grow to learn the language of their culture that they are born into (ascribed) including the roles that they will play in their lives. and now, to personality. How do infants build up a personality? Is it from their parents or is it a gene they acquire? Parents want the best for there children, right? So, what they do everyday affects their children. Does daycare affect their lives in a negative way if it is necessary for them to go?