Peer Pressure
I think that the writer talks about good peer pressure, and bad peer pressure. I think that starting in middle school; children tend to spend more time with their peers and less time with their parents, because my friends are always asking if they could come over my house.
I don’t think that peer pressure is always negative because, when my friends and I play football, sometimes somebody will say “I can’t do it”, we say yes you can or just try it and see if you make it. I think that bad things like drugs, alcohol, and steeling are encouraged sometimes. I think that things like that are more common in middle school because, kids in elementary school are not use to being exposed to stuff like that. Also in high school, people are more mature about it.
I think that it is hard for a student to turn down their closest friend, a boyfriend or girlfriend, and the “cool” kids because, the kids who are trying to fit-in are scared of getting made fun of, or jumped.
If a peer is pressuring me and I know that it is a negative thing that they are pressuring me to do, I just say no or tell them to leave me alone, or just ignore them.
