Peer Pressure Essay

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Peer pressure is a mood disorder that causes radical emotional changes and mood swings, from manic highs to depressive lows. In short it is a term related to teen depression. Peer influences are normal and necessary in our lives. From early childhood, each time our needs are met, our wants are considered and our expressions recognized we develop a sense of ourselves as being worthy and valuable. Peers influence our life, even if we don't realize it. We learn from them, and they learn from us. It's only human nature to listen to and learn from other people in your age group. Peer pressure is not bad thing. We all are influenced by our peers, both negatively as well as positively. It helps define who we are and how we feel about the subjects in our lives. It is how we chose to react to peer pressure that defines who we are as an individual. Are we a leader or a follower? Both types of people are needed to make the world go around. A healthy part of every child's development is involvement with their peers. This is especially true during adolescence as teenagers develop a sense of independence from their parents. Today’s teenagers develop close friendship with their peers and get so much connected to them that they sometimes start copying others ethicates and get some bad inspiration from them. Peer pressure can also be created by a sense of comparison in many cases like food, clothing, hobbies, competition in studies, and the list goes on. Sometimes peers influence each other in negative ways. For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them, your soccer friend might try to convince you to be mean to another player and never pass her the ball, or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift with him. Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids may

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