Peer Pressure

Battling Peer Pressure

Children, especially during adolescence, begin to spend a lot more time with their friends, and less time with their family. This makes them more susceptible to the influences of their peers. It is important to remember that teenage friends can have a positive influence on your children, you should therefore help them find friends that have similar interests and views as those you are trying to develop in your children, including doing well in school, having respect for others and avoiding drug use, smoking and drinking, etc.

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Drugs – Are they affecting you?

Who said that life is easy? Many times throughout our lives we face troubles and tribulations that we must overcome. It seems as though we are constantly jumping hurdles along the way to success. Nonetheless, we are also bombarded with decisions that will ultimately shape our destiny for the future. In high school, we are just starting to figure out who we are as individuals and some of the stresses that occur can be as little as just finding the right group of friends to hang out with. In addition to that, we have future goals to consider. These are the things that truly matter to us. But for most, we get distracted with reality or the impact of peer pressure that fades our sense of achieving anything. I have always said, “The people you hang around with will either make you of break you!” It is so important to hang around the friends that are going to help encourage you throughout your life.

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Drinking and Driving

One of the main reasons why there is still a problem with the youth and Drinking and driving is due to lack of knowledge and the lack of will power or self esteem to succumb to peer pressure in a group of friends. We have all been put into a situation where we felt uncomfortable to make an appropriate decision and dreaded the thought of the outcome that overtook your decision. It is my goal to help others fully understand the statistics of drinking and driving in the recent years and how to make a plan of action to decrease these statistics. This information will not only help those who are interested on National statistics, however it also describes tips and details for teens and parents for arranging a safe ride home for your loved ones. Please read further to understand the details…

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