Teens and Peer Pressure: Feeling the Need to Fit In

Peer pressure is one of the toughest issues a teen will face. Teens have peer pressure to alot of things such as alcohol, drugs, sex, and crimes. Teens feel that if you're not involved in those actitivies that you are not part of the "In Crowd".

Peer pressure from your peers can cause teens to steal so they can get the newest clothes even going on diets to be thinner cause society shows us on television, magazines, advertisments that thin is in, but that's not always the case, but teens still go on crazy fad diets just to be what their peers think they should be. Peer pressure can cause a teen to change their personality, morals, and beliefs just to be apart of the in crowd.

No matter how children grow up or where they was raised some time or another teens will be confronted at some point by friends that want to get into trouble, coming up with bad ideas, doing things they'll regret later. Peer pressure can be very harmful to teens that have low self esteem. Some teens go through some of the same type abuse that adults go through such as physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.

Not all peer pressure is bad because you can be pressured by friends to do something of a good nature but in high school normally that's not the case. Any peer pressure that leaves you confused, afraid, or hurt is never good. Some peer pressure can be really devastating when involing drugs, breaking the law, or std's. At this stage in a teens life no influence in their life is as powerful as peer pressure.

It can cause teens to lose focus on whats right. your closes friends can sometime get you to do things that you may noy want to do. Some teens run with the popular crowd, and not going along with what their friends say or do will make them a outkast. It can take alot of convincing to get your teenager to understand how peer pressure can be very dangerous. Good kids sometime can get their friends to skip school or lie about why they where out together so late.

Overcoming peer pressure you gonna have to learn to say no and choose friends that influence you in a positive way rather than in a negative way. Parents have to prepare their children for peer pressure to make good decisions on their own. Your teen years want last forever, so make good choices and try to avoid obstacles tha can put a critical impact on your future.