A child must be your child, step child, adopted child, foster child, brother or sister, or a descendant of one of these (for example, a grandchild or nephew).
As a broad theory, symbolic interactionism appeared in the 20-s of XX century, in the Chicago school, its founder was an American sociologist George Mead. George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) is an American sociologist and social psychologist, who is considered a true founder of symbolic interactionism.
Some critiques of symbolic interactionism are based on the assumption that it is a theory, and the critiques apply the criteria for a good theory to something that does not claim to be a theory. Some critics find the symbolic interactionist framework too broad and general when they are seeking specific theories.ymbolic interactionism is derived from American pragmatism and particularly from the work of George Herbert Mead.