The word peer pressure makes most parents cringe. Friends always tend to have a great influence on everybodys life. Kids face the same pressure from the very first day they start playing with their friends.Parents of all age kids be it a small child or a teenager are worried about this trouble but it
also one of the parts of growing up and you are the one who can help your children in dealing with it better. It is not always necessary that peer pressure has a negative impact on yourchild . True friends can encourage one another to do things in a better way, Be it sports, Studies or or school work. In this way peer pressure is positive. Parents are normally unaware that kids are veery persuasive with other kids. but at the same time it is very important to be very selective while making friends and parents need to onitor the type of friends thier kids are with. monitoring is equally important as wrong friends can get your children into wrong habits of smoking, drinking, drungs .... But by simple ways like spending time together, teaching them, listening and monitoring them can help peer pressure make a positive impact on your child.
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Peer pressure
@ 17/10/2007 – 09:51:56
