Teen peer pressure is
the influence of a teen's social group has on him or her. Peer pressure is a part
of life for everyone, but it can be an especially strong influence during the
teen years when peers are very important to a teen's identity. This means that
teens need to learn to handle peer pressure, and to recognize when it is
positive and when it is negative.
As adolescents enter the
teen years, they usually begin to focus more on their peers or friends. The
desire to fit in with peers can be a very strong influence on teens. Peers
influence most aspects of a teen's life, including how teens dress, what music
they listen to, and what kind of activities they are involved in. Peer pressure
can be direct or indirect, but it is almost always present. Learning to handle
peer pressure helps a teen mature and learn positive ways to get along with
others.
Peer pressure is not
always bad. Good friends can encourage teens to do well in school, get involved
in positive activities, volunteer, eat healthy foods, and avoid drugs, alcohol,
and other risky activities. Friends also help teens learn good social skills
and better ways to communicate and work out problems, and give teens good
advice.
Even pressure to do good
things can be bad for teens, however, if they don't learn to say no when they
need to. For instance, a teen may need to say no to going to a movie if he or
she has homework that needs to be done. Always going along with what others
want can cause a teen to have lower self esteem, and to give up things that are
important to him or her.
Negative peer pressure
is when teens feel pressured to do something they know is wrong, such as
smoking, drinking, doing drugs, or stealing, or something they don't want to do
such as cutting class or having sex. Teens may be tempted to give in to
negative peer pressure because they want to be liked or fit in, they are afraid
of being made fun of, or they want to try something other teens are doing.
Negative peer pressure will remain a part of a teen's life into adulthood,
which is why it is important for teens to learn how to deal with it.
Some things a teen can
do to handle peer pressure include:
1.
Decide before you get into situation what your values and
standards are.
2.
Choose good friends who share your values. Good friends use
positive peer pressure to help you be your best self.
3.
Avoid situations where people are doing things you don't want to
do.
4.
Think about your reasons for doing things: Are they good reasons?
Are you being true to yourself and your values? Think about what the
consequences will be of your decisions and actions, such as if an activity
might harm your health or get you into trouble.
5.
Practice ways to say no - come up with excuses if necessary, such
as that you don't want to get in trouble, damage your body or mind, or risk
blowing your involvement in sports or academics.
6.
Talk to your parents or a trusted adult about the kinds of peer
pressure you face and listen to their advice.
7.
With your parents or another trusted adult, come up with a code
word you can use to let the adult know that you need help getting out of a bad
situation but can't talk about it.
Remember that if just
one teen stands up against peer pressure, usually others will join him or her,
and learning to handle peer pressure gives teens more confidence and maturity.
11 comments:
I think you are right, Miss. But some teenagers are difficult to do that because they never want to be different from their friend
I mean, every teenagers want to fit in wherever they are. Maybe if they say 'no' they are afraid their friends will avoid him or her
miss i dont know what to say :(
in my opinion, sometimes to be different from our peers is fun, it's not always bad.
but when our friends start to making fun of us or get us to do something we don't want to do, well in my case, i will just leave them and say goodbye. because friends shouldn't do those things, they should support us and we should support them as well.
I agree with sisca and Syifa. But i admit it, sometimes i cant say something if i face Peer pressure. So,it's very hard. Especially for Teenagers. Because As we know that,Most of teenagers now are afraid if their friends will stay away and tease them because they act or like different. And this is really effect to teenagers life because they spend most of their time and days with their friends. So besides we have to say "No" or think about the reason for doing something,we must to talk to our parents. And let them give us an advice because they're really know the best thing for us.
I agree with Putri. Don't be affraid to be different from our peers. We have the right to say "No" to our peers or act different from them, they will respect our decision. But, when our friends start to making fun of us, just say how you feel and stick up for yourself, i think they will understand. If we respect to them, they should respect to us.
I agree with all of you. No teenagers can avoid peer pressure. But sometimes, we must be careful with it. When it's lead to a positive direction, never mind. But when you feel it's uncomfortable, try to argue it. How? You can say no, or maybe you can changing the subject that you felt uncomfortable. But remember, Try not to judge others.
yes we should say no. but some teenagers are afraid to their friends. they afraid their friends will avoid them or making fun of them even worse. saying no is not that easy for some people with low self-confidence. so i think we better find another friend who can understand us rather than stay with friends who always make us feel uncomfortable.
i agree with putri. but some teenagers will be do anything to being same with their friends than lost their friends because some teenagers with low self-confidence will be difficult to find a new friends and their new friends can even worse than their old friends
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