Abstract

This research article deals with the impacts of broken family in children's socialization. Family is the important social institution in the society. It consists of a mother, a father and their siblings. Family is the smallest and basic unit of society for human in their socialization. It is the basic, smallest and important social system which is composed and introduced by a society as a larger social system. Family helps for the socialization of its children to build the attitude, behavior, emotions and thinking. Therefore, family is a primary agent of children's socialization in society. In today era, family is categorized in two types, one is complete family and second is broken family. Here we discussed the important parameters of broken family. The researchers have studied the impacts of broken family system in children's socialization. This study deals with the impacts on academic performance of children. The researchers have studied on their level of satisfaction about their life and some experiences and issues faced by children's in broken families. Fifteen (15) respondents who belong to the broken families have been taken. These were selected to participate in the study. The researchers used qualitative type of research and used purposive/ judgmental sampling technique used in this research. Semi- structured interview has been used in this research. The population for the research is students of THAL University Bhakkar. This utilizes thematic analysis. The data is collected and modified by structured questionnaire from the field. This study has major results that how academic performance, behavioral development and level of satisfaction effects on socialization of children in broken families.

Keywords:

Family system, socialization, broken family, academic performance, children, qualitative research

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