Peer Pressure

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other teens exerts whether it is a comments, criticism, persuasion, or pressure to be someone else. It can be as simple as a classmate asking to copy the homework and as difficult as a friend wanting us to try drugs for the first time. Friends can make us feel so pressured into doing something else that we don’t feel it’s right, yet they have such an impact that we have no choice but to go with the flow, surely nobody wanted to be called “chicken” and they might tell that “its not a big deal” but does simply lie in the realm of negativity? Does have any positive effect?
doesn’t have to be negative. William Damon, a professor and director of the Center for Human Development at Brown University pointed out how can actually help a child develop a sense of morality. Peers provide a backdrop for the values that a child learns at home. Marilyn Segal, dean of Family and School Center at Florida’s Nova Southeastern University also pointed out that “ is an influence that creates ...

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