Preteens and Peer Pressure
The main idea of this article is to talk about preteens and their struggle to deal with and fight peer pressure. One of the concerns that this writer has about peer pressure is that negative peer pressure could lead to dangerous things and activities that preteens are being pressured to do. Another concern that the writer talks about is that sometimes peer pressure cannot be controlled. Like the trust in your friends of just the plain pressure to be cool. I think that it is true that in most cases, peer pressure starts in middle school because in middle school, you kind of start to grow up and have to face some rather challenging decisions. What ive seen in middle school related to peer pressure is the pressure to be cool and to dress a certain way. I first started to notice peer pressure in sixth grade because i always have recieved mean coments by my peers on the way i did my hair, the way i dress, and the overall way that i do things. I do agree that some peer pressure can be positive because i wanted to do something bad to someone else because i was mad at them but my friends said, “no! dont do it!! its not he right thing to do!!!” and i followed and did what they said. Its hard for some kids to resist peer pressure because they really really want to be cool and will do anything to be cool, and also because they really trust their friends and think that everything that they do or say, is the right thing. The way I handle peer pressure is that i try to ignore negative things. Some tips that i would give are that people really have to try hard and thhat they will reach their goal.
