Why Do We Need To Belong?

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We are primarily social beings with a strong need to belong. Throughout our life, we search for the balance between independence and connectedness. How much of ourselves do we give compromise in order to belong? The teenage years are a time of shifting the focus of belonging from family to peers as while also developing a personal identity. Because kids don't yet have the maturity to grasp or to understand the potential consequences of being influenced by their friends, it is difficult for them to see the pitfalls of poor relationships and peer pressure. Look at your friends. Are you wearing your hair the same way, maybe have the same brand of clothes on or the same pair of shoes? Even if you don’t, I’m sure you enjoy the same things with your friends. Peer pressure is all around you. As a …show more content…

We tend to get influenced by the lifestyles of our peers. The changing ways of life of our peers often force us to change our ways of looking at life and leading it. It’s a human tendency to do what other does. Peer pressure is bound to affect most of us. I have a friend who deals with peer pressure. All his friends were into it and honestly, he felt it was ok to do the stuff with them. I now know that he shouldn’t have done and it has taken it over a year to get back to where he’s at today. He got cigarettes. I still don’t feel good about it. I know it was peer pressure that got him into that stuff. If you know that you shouldn’t do some stuff, then don’t do it – even if your friends think it’s cool. Getting help from others and seeking support can help dealing with peer pressure whether they be friends, family or a teacher. With support, you can begin to not feel so alone with the problem and talk through some useful strategies that will work for your individual situation. Sometimes, just talking about it can start to make a

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