First Post

This is cool because its my first time every really blogging. But that also makes it not cool because I don't know how to work this website. I am not sure if I am supposed to introduce myself or just cut to the chase. I am just gonna go for it though... Hi fellow bloggers I am Morgan Raspanti! This is my blog for sociology about Childhood Socialization. So, as of now my account is not exactly "pretty" and my hyper link has far too many characters but at least the content is going to be up to par...

Well I dont know much about Childhood Socialization (YET) besides personal accounts.My oldest brother, Dan is a single father and has work 5 or 6 times a week so he decided to move back into my parents house when Alyssa was about 2. Now Alyssa is 9, turning ten October 22, I am actually gonna add a picture of her(when I figure out how to post to the class group and set this to private) because I probably will reference her often. But Alyssa started hitting puberty probably like last year and her hormones are all out of wack. Plus shes still a little kid, so this combination sometimes just makes her SO annoying. I swear sometimes she'll intentionally try to get on my nerves and then act like I was bullying her for getting mad about her behavior. Like I'll tell her to stop eating so much and say she's going to get fat and she'll think I am trying to make her feel bad and start crying and whining. So basically Alyssa does alot of nit picking things to bother me. She did it so much at the end of the summer I just hated being with her. And I feel terrible saying that because I love my niece but she was just being so bothersome! But yesterday I had to babysit her and wanted to watch the Bergen Catholic soccer game so Alyssa came along. She knew three of my friends that were there but that was all out of the group of ten. Occasionally Alyssa will get very shy and its weird because that's so out of character to how she acts at home. BUT yesterday I was so surprised. She was fine! Behaved completely normal. At ten years old she was hanging out with a group of 17 year old's. I want to say it was because she is a little older now but if I were to have that same group in my backyard Alyssa would be hesitant to come outside and say hi. So I guess the environment was a big factor that made her comfortable. It was a public place and we were the first ones there. Everyone was talking to her normally too though, like no one really censored themselves around her. Which you would think is bad but I think that being treated basically like just another one of friends helped her break the awkward behavior she would sometimes resort to.