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Children are born into a social world they do not choose: they arrive with certain biological characteristics and become human through interaction with others and with their material environment. Entering the social order, becoming human, is not therefore an immediate consequence of birth but a process stretching over a number of years.
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© 1984 Peter Leonard
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Leonard, P. (1984). Entering the Social Order. In: Personality and Ideology. Critical Texts in Social Work and the Welfare State. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17439-3_6
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