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1. It's absurd. Why would people offer each other free cigarettes/alcohol/drugs?
2. It demonizes teenagers. It perpetuates the narrative that all teenagers are addicts and bullies hell-bent on corrupting and bullying their peers. The result is that parents don't let their teenage sons and daughters socialize, and then those same parents wonder why their sons/daughters are inside on their phones all the time.
I agree I hate it too, grant it I didn't have to deal with peer pressure myself. I think teens ate all stereotyped that someday they will do all the experimenting and partying and its just not true for all teens. I think this line of thinking has something to do with people's obsession with keeping kids busy.
It's just a mischaracterization of what peer pressure really is.
Peer pressure is the pressure you put on yourself to be like your peers.
If people teaching about it would stop portraying teenagers as vice-pushers and focus on building kids' inner sense of self-worth, the message would probably be better received.
It's just a mischaracterization of what peer pressure really is.
Peer pressure is the pressure you put on yourself to be like your peers.
If people teaching about it would stop portraying teenagers as vice-pushers and focus on building kids' inner sense of self-worth, the message would probably be better received.
Wow. I think this is so well put. I was about to argue with the OP about how I think peer pressure is a real thing, this post puts it in perspective.
If underage drinking was actually as common as the media claims it is, teenagers would be in the streets protesting for a lower drinking age.
Peer pressure aside, underage drinking is quite common in my area. And many of the parents either turn a blind eye or allow parties in their homes "it's safer than them drinking elsewhere." For the record I think the drinking age of 21 is silly. I think our kids might not be able to drink responsibly (tendency to binge drink, drive after drinking...) because of our laws and our hypocrisy. But I am shocked, because laws are laws, by the number of parents who allow kids, not their kids, to drink in their homes.
What the heck? I dealt with peer pressure all the time. Smoking, drinking, dropping LSD. People want other people to be high/smoke with them so they pressure (usually by teasing or bugging) others to join in.
So bazar other people didn't run into it.
And sex...geeze that was all about peer pressure.
Let me just assure you that peer pressure is a real thing...its other peers trying to get another person to go against their inner voice about what is right or wrong and join in. It isn't just teens. Its so important to fortify children so they listen to their gut feelings.
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