The exosystems layer is a wider context as it relates to the broader community in which the child lives. Examples of what is in the exosystems layer are extended family, family networks, mass media, workplaces, neighbors, family friends, community health systems, legal services, social welfare services. Though the child may not have dire contact with it, the systems affect the child’s development and socialization – as do all the systems. Because the people in the child’s life are affected by the exosystems and mesosystems,