Your text uses Bronfenbrenner's ecological model to explain how children's development is affected by different groups within their world. Using this theory, we can understand how children are socialized both intentionally and unintentionally. You must understand how this theory applies to your own upbringing as well as a young child's upbringing in order to truly comprehend the concept. After reading the text and the "Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory" article, use your understanding of this theory to respond to the questions below.

Using Bronbenbrenner's ecological model, respond to the following questions:

a. How did the microsystem that you grew up in differ from your parents’ or grandparents’ microsystems? Do you think this is a detrimental or an affirmative change to society as a whole? b. How do you think technology, specifically social media, influences a child's mesosystems?

Bronfenbrenner’s ecological system contains four parts beginning with microsystem. The article states, “The microsystem- this is the layer closest to the child and contains the structures with which the child has direct contact. The microsystem encompasses the relationships and interactions a child has with her immediate surrounds (Berk, 2000).” My microsystem was very different from my parents. My father’s father passed away when he was seven years old. He grew up with a single mother who had to work full time and was not able to spend a lot of time at home with him. My mother grew up bouncing from her father’s house to her mother’s house with her sister, as they were divorced early on in her childhood. My mother met my father at a young age and they graduated high school and married shortly after. My father was exposed to several things at an early age because he was forced to become the man of the house at the age of seven. My mother did not have