Question

Why and how ( at you parents home ask for permission to do everything) is a social norm? Explain.

200 word maximum

Answer 1

Social norms are set rules and expectations in terms of behaviors, choices, mannerisms, morals, etc. that are meant to be followed by people belonging to a certain culture, society, group or the world at large. These norms are inculcated and deeply embedded since childhood. Violations of the same are treated with high disregard and sometimes with major consequences/ punishments.

Since the existence of humanity except for the phases of slavery, it has been evident that a child’s development within the realms of physicality, morality, emotional mannerisms, mental growth, etc. has been through play and modeling or learning through the behaviors of their primary caregivers, while major onus on the parents. Therefore as the child learns everything mostly from authority figures, parental permission is a form of a social norm as since infancy the parents are evidently protecting the child from harm and teaching the social way of living. These learning or dependency has led to parental permissions as an important aspect of a child’s growth. So while growing up the consequences of actions, when not following or getting an approval of parents has resulted in a certain level of disregard or punishment leads to an acceptance of the importance of parental permission. This is also important as in olden times, the choices and other aspects of different cultures varied vastly, however now we have more common norms, so teaching what, why and how to behave in one’s culture and society was very vital. This was necessary so as to have a legacy and acceptance within the social community one belonged to.