The Pressures Of Today's Youth

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do what they, the majority, like and not what the
individual likes. Peers create some of the so-called rites, then when
one follows more start to follow, then it becomes the scenario of the
lemmings following their leader off of the face of a cliff.
Some teens think that drinking is a passage into adulthood because
the law states you must be 21 to drink . The logic of some teens then
indicates that if you drink you are considered an adult. Therefore if one
teen tries it he/she is supposedly accepted as a more mature person, so
more people will follow.
Many adolescents fear their peers because of the fact that the peer
group may have set certain ideals yet the individual may or may not have
the resources to obtain the ideals. If there is a lack of resources then
the individual may have a very low level of self esteem. Many individuals
do not care for the ideals yet they allow themselves to be converted to the
majority and this can also create a problem with ones ...

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