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Parental Influence

Jim Riley

23rd February 2010

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Can your parents drive you to drink? Well, that’s not really a fair summary of this article from the BBC, but it does raise some interesting questions about primary socialisation. Some sociologists have argued that the success of socialisation can be exaggerated. Does this example prove or disprove that claim?

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.