Peer Preasure

when you were a young child you didn't really get to choose who your Friends were as your parents choose your friends for you. Putting you in play groups or arranging play dates with certain families and kids they liked. Now you have grown up and matured you get to choose who your friends are and what groups you are part of even though sometimes this is not particularly the best choice.

Your friends are usually people your ages group or close to that have the same experiences and interests as you do. You and people your age group have to make loads of decisions each day, people such as your friends, and you influence each others choices. This can often be positive as it is human nature to learn and listen from peers.

As you become more independent your peers play a greater roll in your life. As you begin to spend more time away from home like at school out in the town this is usually done with your peers. More time will be spent with your peers than with your siblings as you grow up. Some people get such a close bond with their peers that there like an extended family to them.

Not all peer pressure is bad some of it is very positive with things such as friendship, positive examples, feed back and advise, socializing and also encouragement they help you get through the tough moments in your life when you really need some one there to help and talk to.

sometimes though the stress in your life can actually be caused by peers pressuring you in to drinking, smoking, taking drugs, sex and stealing. Peers will say things like"oh come on its just one beer, and everyone else is having one" or even simply making beer available at a party. Most peer pressure happens because everyone else is doing it and you don't want to be left out and look as if your the only person not doing it and feel different.