Peer Pressure

Peer pressure is something that teenagers struggle with everyday. It can turn yourself, and your life, upside down in a matter of weeks. Every teen desires to fit in with their friends and peers. However, trying to fit in can change who you are as a person. It can change your appearance, attitude, and many more qualities that you would like to keep, without even realizing it. Peer pressure occurs when you want to be just like your friends. Your friends have an impact on you more than you think. If they start wearing make-up, you want to start wearing make-up. However, it can get a lot more dangerous than wearing make-up. It can lead to drinking alcohol, doing drugs, making poor decisions, etc. Peer pressure is when you know what you are doing is wrong, but your friends are doing it, and you do not want to feel like a baby wimping out, so you do it. Peer pressure can have a very negative outcome, especially during the teenage years. Luckily, peer pressure has not made a huge impact on my life, but it has on many other individuals. It has only affected me once that I can remember. In 4th grade my friends changed, and I wanted to change with them. If I did not change, I probably would not have still been friends with them. Thankfully, nothing dangerous came out of the peer pressure, but they still influenced me to change myself. It wasn’t my best of times, but it reminds me every day to stay true to myself. I will not let others change who I am. There are not many ways to prevent peer pressure from happening to others, but you can stop it from happening to you. You always need to remember that you are who you are. Do not let anyone change that. You need to be confident in yourself, so you do not want to change who you are. Also, you can tell an adult you trust. They can help you push through it and make you the bigger person. They can also help prepare you for the next time you are put in a peer pressure situation. Peer pressure can be scary and dangerous.