Peer Pressure

Peer Pressure

I believe student involvement and peer pressure is an issue in schools and in teenagers today. There are many student who do drugs and drink alcohol just to seem cool and it threatens the amount of students involved with school activities such as sports, drama, and organizations. I believe it is a danger to the upcoming kids and to us as teens.

Peer pressure, student involvement, and leadership interact in many ways. Student leaders are the ones when pressure, deny. When student accept, they are harming themselves in many ways. The are kicked out of student activities and are no longer known as a leader. We have to choose what we want to do and not what others want us to do. As a leader, I choose not to. I show others right by not doing it and by involving myself in many activities. Some students think they can have a life by doing drugs and drinking alcohol but it is those who don’t who have a future. By keeping myself busy, I know there are people who look up to my not only as a person, but as a leader and friend.

Showing children and teens that they have choices in how they handle problems at home and school teaches them valuable skills and increases their self-confidence. Kids and teens will soon recognize these situationsвЂ"the toy everyone wants, feeling left out, the stress of being lost, the anxiety of graduation.

Juggling a teen's need for independence and individuality in the face of peer pressure is tricky, it's like balancing plates on both arms and your nose without dropping them. One mistake parents make is giving children too much independence when they're not mature enough to handle it. One of the best ways parents can help their teens recognize and resist peer pressure is to teach and model problem-solving, even when children are young. If they learn from their mistakes, they will be stronger and be better able to cope as teens. Some teens urge their parents to be honest when their teens ask why they have limits,