Rise of Peer Pressure
The pressure is rising. ... Kids are not running away from the pressure, they are running with it. ... When are kids going to realize to stop racing pressure? ... As time progresses, peer pressure continually worsens. ... These peer “demands” first originated with adolescents in high school. ... They are watching more television, reading more magazines and feeling more pressure from friends. ... Peer pressure can be traced back for centuries. ... Instead of the pressure being between middle-aged women a century ago, pressure can be felt at ages, today, as low as seven. ... Then the pressure becomes a greater reality. The effects of peer pressure have already begun. ... A young girl, Sarah, did not even know the meaning of peer pressure before grade seven. ... The root of this problem is peer pressure. ... The blame of peer pressure cannot lie solely on individuals or homespun family-centered values. ... This communication is the source of where young children are getting their ideas of a “perfect” self, which leads to peer pressure and low self-esteem. ... Hence, the expansion of technology and communication is only going to worsen the peer pressure in societies’ youngest learners. ... This magazine is one example of many sources of peer pressure. ... Furthermore, once children are introduced to peer pressure, they create it themselves and pursue it on younger children, siblings or friends. ... Children are not only affected by peer pressure, but parents may also be affected.