Peer Pressure
Her hands were clasping onto a plastic cup, while her friend says “Come on, one sip isn’t going to kill you”. Many teens and young kids are pressured like this when they are about to smoke a joint or about to take a sip of alcohol. Children sometimes try drugs or alcohol just to fit into a group that could be very harmful to them. Some teens and kids do not think about the risks that may happen in the future like ending up in rehab. Bad peer pressure shows that many kids are impressionable and that they do not think about the risks that will end up hurting them.
There are many ways that good peer pressure and bad peer pressure are different. First off, good peer pressure is when a student’s peer encourages one another to do well in sports and school. Children who do not participate in a group that does not partake in drugs usually think drugs are idiotic (Duno, Peace). The more a student is active in school related activities, the less likely they will fall under bad peer pressure. Bad peer pressure is when a child is involved in drugs, alcohol, or sex, only because they think that if they are involved in those things, they will seem cooler to their friends. Even in the eighth grade kids will partake in drugs and drinking (“Pressures and Emotions”). Children will most likely fall for bad peer pressure to be cool and to fit into a group or to keep the friends they already have (Duno, Peace). Bad peer pressure is very dangerous because most children will usually listen to their friends, rather then their parents (de Guzman, Maria R.T.) Peer Pressure can either be good or bad, but most people only see the bad peer pressure.
This generation of children are much more impressionable then the generation before. For instance, sometimes children are told they will be moving or going to a different school. This can either be exciting or very stressful for the child (“Pressures and Emotions”). They probably want to fit into a group that may take...