Why Does peer presure have such an impact on teen lives?
145719
Kids like labels.  They may announce that they don't, but the truth is, kids want to be any number of things like "cool", "rebellous",  "scene", "jock", "prep", "goth", "punk", etc.  Still looking for themselves, they latch onto groups, cliques, and societies that they make.  Each clique generally has strong rules, usually culled from self-inflicted stereotypes.  Desiring to fit in, to be accepted, to be wanted they go along with the group, and, voila, peer pressure is born.  \n\nIt's almost a status thing.  If everyone expects you to do _____ because you present yourself as ______ and (here's the big one) you want to keep up your friendship with ______, then you'll cave into the pressure.
607604
Because there have been studies done showing that teens have certain chemicals in their brains that cause them to be impulsive and make rasher decisions than adults.  You need to be aware of all the risks of something before you start doing it and most teens only do it cause it's cool and because their friends are doing it.  Smoking is dangerous and so is drinking (to excess).  And besides, the best answer to why is because the gov't decided it should be that way and end of story.  Don't worry... those ages get here and pass faster than you'd ever think.  Don't grow up too fast!
283748
The biggest burden is a poor attitude. There are millions of stories about people in dire straights that manage to pull through somehow, and teens act like it is the end of the world to have to be quiet for a half hour or to have to read a few pages of a book a night.  Some kids don't know the difference between an inconvience and a crisis and have no sense of empathy.  Some also can't delay their gratification worth a darn, which results in a person getting 0/40 because of talking during a test when the teacher said anyone who talks during the test gets a zero. Put your social life on hold for just 40 minutes!
438938
doing your best is what is important to you, too much pressure can backfire, a lot of parents don't see this.\n\nThey are doing it for you, because they don't want you to struggle as much as they did, they just don't realise that this sort of pressure can have negative effects on some people.\n\nPositive encouragement and help works a lot better.
672939
I am so glad i am not a teenager today. I think our celebrity, money obsessed, vain society of these times are putting ideas in the heads of youths that unless they are cookie cutter they are worth nothing. Even as adults, we have to really look into ourselves and make sure we know who we are or we can be torn apart at the seems. Teens nowadays face so much oposition it's insane. I wish more parents would take a more active role and really stress the importance of individuality in their children. Being cool may seem the way to go, but it completely changes after high school or college. Pretty much it all comes from peer pressure though, not just fromyour freinds and peers at school, but our complete scoiety. It's very sad
1172306
Not as much.In college, people are more mature and they don't do or deal with petty stuff anymore - not like in high school where there are groups: the popular, the nerds, the jocks, etc. and everybody tries to make other people think they're better than anyone else.
263364
Peer pressure, active kids, puberty, rebellion, growing up. 20 years old I think.
172620
It's taboo and secretive. It's an adult thing that the adults don't want you to know too much about. It's something that teens are starting to physically feel and want to know more about. And it doesn't help when their friends seems to know more or at least want to discuss it at length.
1040790
Peer pressure is a good topic. There is also drugs, escpecially marijuana, which is a common problem among teens. Also try teens and reading and teens and video games. Rap music videos and tv and movies.
508114
You can't and that's why they are dangerous. They seek out troubled young people and become their "friends". They gain the trust of people needing to be able to trust or talk to someone & then they will destroy the lives of those they impact when the time is right. Don't ever give out your personal information to anyone and never, never be afraid to tell an adult "NO" if you feel something's wrong. You should assume everyone is a predator and take nothing for granted ever. Young people are trusting and obediant by nature and the predators know that.
34050
21. the same goes for voting, going into the army (unless waivers are granted), driving a motor vehicle, owning a firearm, and so forth. reasons being that todays teens are not cognitively aware enough of their surroundings after being nearly self-raised (remember latch key kids?) in a world of instant gratification. \n\nTeens today need to spend a greater core of their time watching and learning before being exposed to any of the above endeavors.
37431
Handling their money.  Being liked just because they have money! \n\nCelebrity teens have it even WORSE!  They have to look a certain way, weigh a certain amount, wear what is in, date who is in...they cannot go to the movies with their friends (if they have any real ones) without being mobbed.\n\nThey can't even skinny dip in their own pool, in the middle of the night, without a photographer snapping a photo.
220453
I am a child development major at a university and we have studied this question on and off for the past four years of my schooling. This is what i have come up with....\n\nChildren/ Adolescents hold looks to a higher standard then many other qualities in a relationships.  If a child has a chance to hang out with someone who has a gucci purse or someone who has a purse from the sale rack at target that person will hang out with someone who has the gucci.  It brings them to the higher class group.  By having to wear uniforms the students can't base their first impressions of someone on what they are wearing.  They can actually base it on that persons personality.  \n\nThe academic problems is connected to this because if the students are all wearing uniforms students self esteem raises because they dont have to worry about what to wear to school that morning.  If they aren't wearing uniforms and a person is seen as a loner or outcast because of what they are wearing is more likely to throw school away as well.
98724
Removing peer pressure would not provide for an effective working structure.  Here is my thoughts on why...\n\nThe two types of peer pressure are negative and postiive.  Negative seems to be the primairy one that is discussed and that is peer pressure that tears people and situations down.  Removing this, although impossible, would be a benefit.  Even limiting it would be a bonus for students.\n\nThere is also positive peer pressure and this is one of the things that gives students drive to accomplish things.  This is also one of the primairy things that helps adults to innovate.  Positive peer pressure is part of competition. Peer pressure to do better and excel.  Often, we limit ourselves in what we do while what we can do it greater.  positive peer pressure helps overcome the limitations we put on ourselves.\n\nThis is also a big thing for boys.  Since, boys are by nature more agressive than women (multiple studies have shown this to be true at a basic biological level), positive peer pressure helps to feed that and mold it for good purposes.\n\nmy 2 cents.
1082345
Teenagers copycat everything other teenagers do to try to fit in. Being accepted by a group is really important to them, therefore they do anything it takes to make new "friends". Besides, they try to have their own "language" or code, and save some time when typing. Of course they never think about the future, so they do not realize that typing like that in the messenger will hurt their writing skills, mainly the grammar usage.\nAlso, they are not "geeks nor nerds" to be writing correctly (according to them)
387605
Peer presure.  Some may think there is nothing better to do.wether or not parents have discussed it with their children doesn't make that much of a difference.  Kids are gonna go on a do whatever their friends are doing. The only thing a parent can do, is teach their children, and hope they make the right choices.
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Social pressure: Peers, fitting in, so-called popularity, industry-implanted "trends". Things like excessive individualism, non-conformism, sexual preferences, above-average intelligence, lack of social skills, racial or cultural differences, or simply shyness are often resented and shunned by the group.\nMedia stereotypation and propaganda ensures that teenager groups, and most of them as adults also, fear and reject anything that's "different" from them.\nParental pressure: From the typical parents that want their children to become all what they weren't able to be. These are the kind of asshole parents that force their children to do sports when they don't want to, or to take musical classes, to get excessively high grades, etc.\nAlso, careless parents that don't give a damn about their children are a form of pressure. Both opposites are negative.\nAcademic pressure: Some teachers may discriminate students either because of their intelligence, behaviour, race, culture or ideas. Unjust punishments or unfair grades by over-zealous teachers are not uncommon.\nSexual pressure: Teenagers are developing their sexuality, so this may be a time of great confusion and desperation for them.\nMedia pressure: To sell their sh*t to children, corporate media often promotes a culture of competitivity, shallowness and close-mindedness that is then reflected on the social behaviour of the teenagers.\n\nMany of these problems can be adressed with proper counseling, and good and moderately-strict parenting. \nMost of the social issues and fear of those who are different, however, are unresolved social problems existing in our whole society. Children often reflect the views they are taught at home, and act as a mirror of the deepest anxieties and prejudices existing in society.\nTo change that, we have to change our consumerist, shallow, close-minded society altogether.