Bronfenbrenner's theory describes levels of interaction that contain roles, norms, and rules that can help shape children's development. Christine's “microsystem” would be the immediate environment in which she lives and the people she interacts with, Christine's immediate family. Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales (1956) state that the family has two “fundamental and irreducible functions” that are universal. These are “primary socialization” and “stabilization of the adult personality”. Primary socialization has the task of teaching the culture of society and the structuring of the child's personality. Adult personality stabilization focuses on parents and the emotional support they give and receive from each other. This acts as a balance between the problems and stresses of life that can create the personality