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In the black family of Venezuela, the mother is the primary parental socializer, who transmits to the children the traditional cognitive organization for appropriate behavior & assures social maintenance, while the father only plays a marginal role in this process. Family structure & mating habits have great influence on socialization practices. When the children get older, girls & boys are segregated; then the father may develop some interest in his sons, who are taught the values of the macho world, while the girls remain under the influence of their mother. Traditional religious values are transmitted from an early age, although they are not always in tune with orthodox Catholicism. School plays an important role in the socialization process & is altering many traditional world views. This is often resented by the more traditionally minded older generation. The transition from childhood to adulthood takes place very quickly & is not marked by initiation rites. Modified AA.

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