peer pressure on young adults

Making decisions on you own can be hard, but when other people also get into your business can be even harder. They might pressure you into making a decision you don’t want to make. They also might influence on how you act, and try to get you to do something unpleasant.

Peer pressure is very common among young adults. I went through peer pressure and have learned my lesson. I hate to see others going through with it. The pressure on young people to conform to the standards of their peers is huge. The people around you influence your life. You learn from them and they learn from you. Peers can have a positive influence on you, like teaching you an easier solution to a math problem. Or they could have a negative influence on you, like telling you to ditch math class with them. They might pressure you into doing something you’re not ready to do or never even thought of doing. Such as, drinking or doing drugs, having sex because everybody else is doing it, shoplifting or even driving without a driver’s license or without a guardian. They go along with it because they worry that thei...