Pros And Cons Of Peer Pressure

Peer pressure is a common problem for today’s generation. Peers can be defined as people whom we do identify and spend time with, most of the time. They can be our friends or colleague whom we meet every day. Actually, peer pressure is a type of social influence that produces a particular of acting or thinking. Childhood or adolescence is the most prone to peer pressure influence. Peers, together with their way of life and choices, lead a person into another world that may provide positive and negative impacts on their self-development.
There are a lot of pros and cons of peer pressure in teen’s self-development. For the pros, teens will be exposed to human behavior diversity. When teens are getting along in a bigger group of people, they

When teens start to follow their members, at the same time they observe the positive traits in their member’s personality as well. So, there can be a natural tendency of behaving like the other members of the group. For example, when members of the group are focusing on performing well in their class, teens will be affected as well with such kind of behavior. Maybe their members go to school every day, participate in every class’s activities can influence us to act like them as well. This positive impact not only good for their self-development but also bring a good impact on their performance at

When teens are bravely saying no to their friend’s suggestions or idea they will be rejected by their friends, their friends start to offer teens a cold shoulder. Fear of being rejected will make teens growing up feeling depressed all the time and long-term rejection can contribute to trauma and at the same time can lead to serious psychological consequences. In order to avoid these, teens usually follow their peers blindly without giving it a second thought and this will cause teens cannot stand on their own ideas. Otherwise, they have to become follower all the