Peerpressure

Peer pressure is one thing that all teens have in common no one can escape from it. It is everywhere. Whether it is pressure to conform to a group norm or pressure to act, peer pressure is somethingeverybody has to deal with at some time in his or her life.

Children, especially during adolescence, begin to spend a lot more time with their friends, and less time with their family. This makesthem more susceptible to the influences of their peers. It is important to remember that
teenage friends can have a positive influence on children, therefore it is important that they take careabout finding friends with similar interests and ponts of view as those they have so together they can keep trying to t develop and mature , including doing well in school, having respect for othersand avoiding drug use or abuse of smoking and drinking, etc.

How successfully each one handle peer pressure depends a great deal on how people feel about themselves and their place in the world.There are certain "risk factors" for peer pressure, personality traits that make more prone to give in to peer pressure.

Parents of teens typically talk about peer pressure a lot. They sometimes blamepeer pressure when teens make poor choices. But, peer pressure is often misunderstood in a number of ways. 

Peer Pressure is two types; such as positive and negative peer pressure depending on howit is, if it involve violence o not, if it is focused in good things or from who it comes.
IT IS NOT always negative. Peers may pressure others into negative behaviors or away from positivebehaviors, but can push in positive directions as well. Not all teens react to peer pressure in the same way. Gender and age are factors that can make a difference in how teenangers react. For example, boysare more susceptible than girls to peer pressure, particularly in risk situations. Boys tend to do everything to be accepted without thinking of the consequences i because, usually, if they don’t do...