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An ethnological analysis, based on the study of a village in northern Burgundy, France, of changes in the modes of socialization of children from 1880 to the present, shows a major turning point occurring around 1950. The period during which one is considered a child has remained unchanged (from birth to the end of primary school), but the socialization pattern of the child has greatly changed. The child's home around the turn of the century was essentially one room, in which the family cooked, ate, & slept. The household members included grandparents who, more so than the biological parents, socialized the child. There was little verbal communication between parent & child; the child learned through observing the gestures of adults. Other important sources of socialization were the child's peers, school, clergy, & neighbors. In modern times, parents have become the main sources of socialization; peers, too, are of major influence. Today's child has more free time, communicates more directly with parents, & has less contact with other members of the village. Schools have become more specialized & less controlled by the parents, constituting a split between the school & the home. AA Tr & Modified by K. Shabetai.