LTStraipsnyje analizuojama socializacijos institutų (šeimos, mokyklos, bendraamžių, žiniasklaidos, bendruomenės) įtaka 15-17 metų paauglių ugdymuisi). Empiriniu tyrimu siekta patikrinti hipotezę, ar šeima paauglystės (15- 17 m.) laikotarpiu užima dominuojančias pozicijas vaiko ugdyme(si).
ENOur society consists of various groups which influence children’s socialization. Each factor of socialization has its own role. Each person is a part of socialization that depends on interaction with important factors-parents, teachers, friends, contemporaries, society, mass media. The most important thing is to foster children’s good springs. Research object-lhe influence of the socialization factors on teenagers’ (aged 15-17), education. Research goal: to find out which factor is the most important for teenagers’ education. Research results: the analysis of nonfiction literature (pedagogical and psychological) shows that the family is the most important factor in teenagers’ life and education. The quantitative analysis of questionnaire shows that teenagers’ education suffers from violence, drunkenness, bad relationship between parents and teenagers. The institutions which influence teenagers’ education are: (1) family, (2) contemporaries, (3) school, (4) mass media, (5) the society (the order is given from the most important to the least important).