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The effect of peer pressure is always beneficial

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Peer pressure is the phenomenon wherein we tend to get influenced by the lifestyles and the ways of thinking of our peers. The thoughts, behavior and tastes of fashion, music, television and other walks of life of the masses are often seen having a deep impact on the living of the society. We tend to get influenced by the lifestyles of our peer group. The changing ways of life of our peers often force us to change our ways of looking at life and leading it.

Peer Pressure can help us analyze ourself and contemplate on our ways of life. Some of the practices that the masses follow may actually teach us the way of living. We may be able to change ourself for the better.

Knowing what the masses follow exposes us to the world outside our home. We understand the things going on around us. We are exposed to a wide variety in human behavior. Exposure to peer pressure gives us an opportunity to think about their tastes and their outlooks towards life. It gives us a chance to choose the best from what the masses do.

If we are fortunate to get a good peer group, your peers can play a vital role in the shaping of our personality. Their way of looking at life may influence us to change for betterment. Some of our peers are our close friends, who do not pressurize us to do things but rather inspire us to change ourself. Our peer group may actually persuade us to bring about a constructive change in our personality. Peer pressure can lead us to make the right choices in life.

So, now we are going to know the positive effects of peer pressure:

Adopting Good Habits: Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you reflect on yourself. Peers may teach you good things and encourage you to follow them. Looking at what others do, can help you bring a positive change in your way of thinking. If you can pick selectively, peer pressure can push you towards something positive. For example, when a child knows that some of his friends regularly read storybooks or that they have subscribed to a library, even he feels tempted to do so. He may get into the habit of reading because of his peers. Seeing that some of your friends exercise daily, even you may take up the habit. Positive peer pressure can lead you to adopt good habits in life.

Exposure to the World: Your peers, their choices and ways of life give you a glimpse of the world outside the four walls of your house. What they think about things in life, how they perceive situations, how they react in different circumstances can actually expose you to the world around. Being part of a larger group of peers exposes you to the diversity in human behavior. This makes you reflect on your behavior and know where you stand. Peer pressure can lead you to make right choices in life.

Giving Up Bad Habits: If you are fortunate enough to get a good peer group, your peers can influence the shaping of your personality in a positive way. Their perspective of life can lead you to change yours. It's not pressure every time; sometimes it's inspiration, which makes you change for good. For example, positive peer pressure can make you quit smoking or give up bad habits that you may have. Your peers can inspire you to become more optimistic or more confident. Your peers may influence you to change and make you a better human being.

Improvement in AcademicPerformance

If the peer group happens to be in school, you will discover a lot of positive changes happening in your teenager. Since the urge to ‘belong’ to a peer group is all about feeling included and accepted, there is also this natural tendency to behave and become ‘like’ other members of a peer group. Therefore when the members of the peer group believe in doing well in class and doing their regular lessons with care, you will find your child also following suit.

The direct effect can be observed in the grades. The teenager will not only learn to focus on his studies but will also show an inclination in getting involved and participating is several extra curricular and sports activities in school.

Improvement in Communication Skills

Whether the peer group comprises of school friends, neighborhood friends or cousins of an extended family, the effect can always be seen on your child. Amongst the other apparent effects, you will find that the communication skills of the teen improving significantly. His approach, attitude and behavior will always be positive.

Development of Human Skills

He will learn to value relationships and will learn that it is important to become and responsible individual. This way you will find him making informed choices, where is aware of the fact that values needs to be protected and upheld. Their natural confidence helps them to grow up with strong leadership skills as well.

A student whose friends excel in academics may be compelled to study harder and get good grades. Players on a sports team may feel driven to play harder in order to help the team win. This type of influence can also be exerted to get a friend off drugs, or to help an adult take up a good habit or drop a bad one. Study groups, class projects, and even book clubs are examples of positive peer groups that encourage people to better themselves. Friends also help teens learn good social skills and better ways to communicate and work out problems, and give teens good advice.

Even pressure to do good things can be bad for teens, however, if they don't learn to say no when they need to. For instance, a teen may need to say no to going to a movie if he or she has homework that needs to be done. Always going along with what others want can cause a teen to have lower self esteem, and to give up things that are important to him or her.

Some things a teen can do to handle peer pressure include:

• Decide before you get into situation what your values and standards are.

• Choose good friends who share your values. Good friends use positive peer pressure to help you be your best self.

• Avoid situations where people are doing things you don't want to do.

• Think about your reasons for doing things: Are they good reasons? Are you being true to yourself and your values? Think about what the consequences will be of your decisions and actions, such as if an activity might harm your health or get you into trouble.

• Practice ways to say no - come up with excuses if necessary, such as that you don't want to get in trouble, damage your body or mind, or risk blowing your involvement in sports or academics.

• Talk to your parents or a trusted adult about the kinds of peer pressure you face and listen to their advice.

• With your parents or another trusted adult, come up with a code word you can use to let the adult know that you need help getting out of a bad situation but can't talk about it.

Remember that if just one teen stands up against peer pressure, usually others will join him or her, and learning to handle peer pressure gives teens more confidence and maturity.

Side: beneficial
4 points

Peer Pressure

The Good & the Bad...

Peer pressure is when "friends" persuade you to doing something that you do not want to do. But maybe you want to do it, and you just don't have the courage to do it and your friends talk you into it. Peer Pressure can be broken down into two areas; good peer pressure and bad peer pressure.

Bad peer pressure is being coerced into doing something that you didn't want to do because your friends said that you should. Friends have a tendency to think that they know what is best for you, and if your friends are like some of ours, they always offer their opinion whether it is wanted or not Well, if friends are going to tell you what to do, what can you do about it? The most basic thing that you can do is to say "No, I don't wish to do that!" or if you want to do it, say "Yes, give me a try!"

For instance, if one of your friends offered you a cigarette, you might say "No, that just doesn't interest me." But being able to say no may not be the problem; the real problem arises when your friends repeatedly ask you to do something. This is where you have to be able to say to yourself, "I made a decision and I truly feel that my decision was the correct one", and then be able to express that repeatedly to all of your friends, and have enough respect for yourself to stand up and not give in. This seems like a difficult task, doesn't it? It takes a tremendous amount of will power to be able to stand up to the people that you know, trust, and respect ... your friends.

One of the major problems with peer pressure occurs when you get sucked into something that you really didn't want to do and subsequently, become addicted to it. Usually, people get backed into a situation to try illegal drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes and more times than not, these behaviors can become habit forming.

If and when someone comes up and offers you one of these substances, it is your decision whether you want to try or continue to use these substances. You should be prepared to make these decisions and to make a good decision you must be educated on that topic. For instance, say you were going to buy a stereo. You wouldn't just go out and pick the one that looked nice, you probably would go to the library and look into it. You might do some research in a few magazines, ask a few friends what they thought, go to the store and listen to each stereo through multiple speakers and finally make an educated decision. Before engaging in a specific situation, you should take the time to read about each one and the possible drawbacks before you decide to try or not to try anything.

Our reasoning behind not telling you what to do with each decision is because through out school, we were always told "Say NO to drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes." You see, we may have always been taught other people's opinions. We think that it is better that one finds out what will happen, how it will happen, and get whatever information that you need to make an educated decision. So, arm yourself with wisdom and knowledge and some decision making skills, so you can live your own life and finally accept the consequences of doing or not doing something.

Good peer pressure, on the other hand, is being pushed into something that you didn't have the courage to do or just didn't cross your mind to do. However, as you think about it, it seems like a good thing to do. Good peer pressure can also be a situation when your friends convince you not to do something you were going to do because it wasn't in your best interest. Some people say that good peer pressure is when you get pushed into something that you didn't want to do and it turned out well. Well, this may be nice, but ask yourself this question: how do you know "ahead of time" whether what you are doing will turn out good or bad? Can you? Most people can't, but if you can, your problems may be solved! When the time comes for you to make these big decisions, it is important to think before deciding. Take as long as you need just to think about whether you want to do it, think about whether you should, and finally think about the consequences. These are the important things that must be done before any big decision is made. Also, knowing who is asking you to do something helps you make the decision. If the person is not your friend, you should really consider what they want you to do, but if you know, trust and respect this person then you might seriously consider what they ask.

But how do you know? For each person, deciding who is your friend or not, is a difficult decision. It might be of benefit for you to develop some sort of personal grouping system of your friends and depending on what group they fall into will determine how strong an influence you allow them to have in your life. One possible classification scheme might be as follows:

Not Your Friend - People you usually don't associate with under normal circumstances.

Acquaintance - This group of people includes those that you might see in school, but you don't associate with out of school. You might occasionally cross their path out of school, but you wouldn't normally seek them out.

Wannabe Friends - These are people you might want to be friends with for some selfish reasons, such as hoping to be more popular. People who fall into this category are never your true friends because the foundation for the friendship does not have a solid basis.

True Friends - These are the ones in the small, close group of people that you confide in and you know that they have your best interest in mind. The people in this group are those whose influence on your life makes you a better person.

Knowing who to listen to and who to avoid is the biggest step in fighting unwanted, negative peer pressure. Remember, it's your life and your responsibility for determining what you make of it!

Side: beneficial
BharatiY(4) Disputed
3 points

you said, 'exposure to world'.

is this world really a good one?

i don't think so. in today's present time, the negative points have a great majority. don't you think so?

exposure to the world means even to the negative points ya! drugs, smoking, bunking, ragging, and all the horrible stuffs of the negative world today.

and the negative peer pressure does exists. then how can you wholeheartedly conclude that the effect is always beneficial???

dude, the word is 'always' beneficial, which is not.

Side: harmful
padma14(9) Disputed
3 points

Do you think that we must be exposed to only things that we consider good? I agree that the world is not a good one. But if you are not exposed to its positives and negatives, then you can't even be called a full-fledged adult. You will still be an innocent mamma's boy.

Also aren't there people who have surpassed all negative influences and have tasted success? Peer pressure is definitely helpful in exposing a person to this diverse world, which will in fact determine what sort of human being he would be. Peer pressure helps in differentiating between good and bad...it is wrongly called negative because of the person involved being very susceptible and hence easily succumbs to bad habits. People who have a healthy mind turn their peer pressure into aims and goals and strive to achieve it.

Side: beneficial
mega Disputed
1 point

you should still be aware of everything in the world. AActivists who fight for freedom of spreech, for an example, have to know the troubles in the first place. You would be naive without knowing the world. Also, the world is good to (i dont know why everyone seems to forget this). Who can be expsoed to more points of views, cultures, etc

Side: beneficial
BharatiY(4) Disputed
2 points

you said, 'exposure to world'.

is this world really a good one?

i don't think so. in today's present time, the negative points have a great majority. don't you think so?

exposure to the world means even to the negative points ya! drugs, smoking, bunking, ragging, and all the horrible stuffs of the negative world today.

and the negative peer pressure does exists. then how can you wholeheartedly conclude that the effect is always beneficial???

dude, the word is 'always' beneficial, which is not.

Side: harmful
Sayeda(12) Clarified
2 points

i understand your point.Yeah it exposes us to such type of things too, but if we try we can resist it. It all depends upon the person and not the negative things.Secondly, it s not the peer pressure that forces you to do negative things.It is the fault of that person who does it. If a person has a bad company of friends then he should try to ignore them or their pressure; because if a person does not have the will power to resist such type of bad things then no one will be able to stop him.For example in a class of 30 students, 17 are very bad in character, in behavior etc. then it is not that they will transform the good ones into bad. If the good students have that much will power then no one can force him or pressurize him.

Side: beneficial
aers Disputed
2 points

the defenition of peer pressure is "a bad or destructful influence from members of one's peer group."

Side: harmful
5 points

Peer pressure is beneficial because it helps us to analyze our way of life and maybe make some advantageous changes.

Side: beneficial
shikhamalik3(1) Disputed
4 points

its not at all beneficial, as it hits you right onto your weakness and exploits you, rising certain possibilities to draw you under depression- if you consider this to be beneficial , then may be it is!!!

Side: harmful
4 points

I think peer pressure is always beneficial but sometimes in some conditions it may be harmful, eg. to live with bad habit friends.

Side: beneficial
3 points

Peer pressure is definitely useful for development. If there is no peer pressure at all, then there would be no goals to aim for and succeed. There would be no killer instinct. Our whole life system would collapse, just because there is no quality in any of the things. There would be no fun in watching Olympic games, Wimbledon and even this debate competition, for instance. So technically speaking, those who are against peer pressure, you should not be participating, for that itself shows your affiliation towards it!

Side: beneficial
3 points

Well it's not ALWAYS beneficial, but it's not always harmful either. zzzz These choices don't correlate with the topic title

Side: beneficial
3 points

Positive Effects Adopting Good Habits: Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you reflect on yourself. Peers may teach you good things and encourage...

Side: beneficial
3 points

Peer pressure is the phenomenon wherein we tend to get influenced by the lifestyles and the ways of thinking of our peers. The thoughts, behavior and tastes of fashion, music, television and other walks of life of the masses are often seen having a deep impact on the living of the society. We tend to get influenced by the lifestyles of our peer group. The changing ways of life of our peers often force us to change our ways of looking at life and leading it.

Peer Pressure can help us analyze ourself and contemplate on our ways of life. Some of the practices that the masses follow may actually teach us the way of living. We may be able to change ourself for the better.

Knowing what the masses follow exposes us to the world outside our home. We understand the things going on around us. We are exposed to a wide variety in human behavior. Exposure to peer pressure gives us an opportunity to think about their tastes and their outlooks towards life. It gives us a chance to choose the best from what the masses do.

If we are fortunate to get a good peer group, your peers can play a vital role in the shaping of our personality. Their way of looking at life may influence us to change for betterment. Some of our peers are our close friends, who do not pressurize us to do things but rather inspire us to change ourself. Our peer group may actually persuade us to bring about a constructive change in our personality. Peer pressure can lead us to make the right choices in life.

So, now we are going to know the positive effects of peer pressure:

Adopting Good Habits: Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you reflect on yourself. Peers may teach you good things and encourage you to follow them. Looking at what others do, can help you bring a positive change in your way of thinking. If you can pick selectively, peer pressure can push you towards something positive. For example, when a child knows that some of his friends regularly read storybooks or that they have subscribed to a library, even he feels tempted to do so. He may get into the habit of reading because of his peers. Seeing that some of your friends exercise daily, even you may take up the habit. Positive peer pressure can lead you to adopt good habits in life.

Exposure to the World: Your peers, their choices and ways of life give you a glimpse of the world outside the four walls of your house. What they think about things in life, how they perceive situations, how they react in different circumstances can actually expose you to the world around. Being part of a larger group of peers exposes you to the diversity in human behavior. This makes you reflect on your behavior and know where you stand. Peer pressure can lead you to make right choices in life.

Giving Up Bad Habits: If you are fortunate enough to get a good peer group, your peers can influence the shaping of your personality in a positive way. Their perspective of life can lead you to change yours. It's not pressure every time; sometimes it's inspiration, which makes you change for good. For example, positive peer pressure can make you quit smoking or give up bad habits that you may have. Your peers can inspire you to become more optimistic or more confident. Your peers may influence you to change and make you a better human being.

Improvement in AcademicPerformance

If the peer group happens to be in school, you will discover a lot of positive changes happening in your teenager. Since the urge to ‘belong’ to a peer group is all about feeling included and accepted, there is also this natural tendency to behave and become ‘like’ other members of a peer group. Therefore when the members of the peer group believe in doing well in class and doing their regular lessons with care, you will find your child also following suit.

The direct effect can be observed in the grades. The teenager will not only learn to focus on his studies but will also show an inclination in getting involved and participating is several extra curricular and sports activities in school.

Improvement in Communication Skills

Whether the peer group comprises of school friends, neighborhood friends or cousins of an extended family, the effect can always be seen on your child. Amongst the other apparent effects, you will find that the communication skills of the teen improving significantly. His approach, attitude and behavior will always be positive.

Development of Human Skills

He will learn to value relationships and will learn that it is important to become and responsible individual. This way you will find him making informed choices, where is aware of the fact that values needs to be protected and upheld. Their natural confidence helps them to grow up with strong leadership skills as well.

A student whose friends excel in academics may be compelled to study harder and get good grades. Players on a sports team may feel driven to play harder in order to help the team win. This type of influence can also be exerted to get a friend off drugs, or to help an adult take up a good habit or drop a bad one. Study groups, class projects, and even book clubs are examples of positive peer groups that encourage people to better themselves. Friends also help teens learn good social skills and better ways to communicate and work out problems, and give teens good advice.

Even pressure to do good things can be bad for teens, however, if they don't learn to say no when they need to. For instance, a teen may need to say no to going to a movie if he or she has homework that needs to be done. Always going along with what others want can cause a teen to have lower self esteem, and to give up things that are important to him or her.

Some things a teen can do to handle peer pressure include:

• Decide before you get into situation what your values and standards are.

• Choose good friends who share your values. Good friends use positive peer pressure to help you be your best self.

• Avoid situations where people are doing things you don't want to do.

• Think about your reasons for doing things: Are they good reasons? Are you being true to yourself and your values? Think about what the consequences will be of your decisions and actions, such as if an activity might harm your health or get you into trouble.

• Practice ways to say no - come up with excuses if necessary, such as that you don't want to get in trouble, damage your body or mind, or risk blowing your involvement in sports or academics.

• Talk to your parents or a trusted adult about the kinds of peer pressure you face and listen to their advice.

• With your parents or another trusted adult, come up with a code word you can use to let the adult know that you need help getting out of a bad situation but can't talk about it.

Remember that if just one teen stands up against peer pressure, usually others will join him or her, and learning to handle peer pressure gives teens more confidence and maturity.

Side: beneficial
3 points

Peer pressure is the phenomenon wherein we tend to get influenced by the lifestyles and the ways of thinking of our peers. The thoughts, behavior and tastes of fashion, music, television and other walks of life of the masses are often seen having a deep impact on the living of the society. We tend to get influenced by the lifestyles of our peer group. The changing ways of life of our peers often force us to change our ways of looking at life and leading it.

Peer Pressure can help us analyze ourself and contemplate on our ways of life. Some of the practices that the masses follow may actually teach us the way of living. We may be able to change ourself for the better.

Knowing what the masses follow exposes us to the world outside our home. We understand the things going on around us. We are exposed to a wide variety in human behavior. Exposure to peer pressure gives us an opportunity to think about their tastes and their outlooks towards life. It gives us a chance to choose the best from what the masses do.

If we are fortunate to get a good peer group, your peers can play a vital role in the shaping of our personality. Their way of looking at life may influence us to change for betterment. Some of our peers are our close friends, who do not pressurize us to do things but rather inspire us to change ourself. Our peer group may actually persuade us to bring about a constructive change in our personality. Peer pressure can lead us to make the right choices in life.

So, now we are going to know the positive effects of peer pressure:

Adopting Good Habits: Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you reflect on yourself. Peers may teach you good things and encourage you to follow them. Looking at what others do, can help you bring a positive change in your way of thinking. If you can pick selectively, peer pressure can push you towards something positive. For example, when a child knows that some of his friends regularly read storybooks or that they have subscribed to a library, even he feels tempted to do so. He may get into the habit of reading because of his peers. Seeing that some of your friends exercise daily, even you may take up the habit. Positive peer pressure can lead you to adopt good habits in life.

Exposure to the World: Your peers, their choices and ways of life give you a glimpse of the world outside the four walls of your house. What they think about things in life, how they perceive situations, how they react in different circumstances can actually expose you to the world around. Being part of a larger group of peers exposes you to the diversity in human behavior. This makes you reflect on your behavior and know where you stand. Peer pressure can lead you to make right choices in life.

Giving Up Bad Habits: If you are fortunate enough to get a good peer group, your peers can influence the shaping of your personality in a positive way. Their perspective of life can lead you to change yours. It's not pressure every time; sometimes it's inspiration, which makes you change for good. For example, positive peer pressure can make you quit smoking or give up bad habits that you may have. Your peers can inspire you to become more optimistic or more confident. Your peers may influence you to change and make you a better human being.

Improvement in AcademicPerformance

If the peer group happens to be in school, you will discover a lot of positive changes happening in your teenager. Since the urge to ‘belong’ to a peer group is all about feeling included and accepted, there is also this natural tendency to behave and become ‘like’ other members of a peer group. Therefore when the members of the peer group believe in doing well in class and doing their regular lessons with care, you will find your child also following suit.

The direct effect can be observed in the grades. The teenager will not only learn to focus on his studies but will also show an inclination in getting involved and participating is several extra curricular and sports activities in school.

Improvement in Communication Skills

Whether the peer group comprises of school friends, neighborhood friends or cousins of an extended family, the effect can always be seen on your child. Amongst the other apparent effects, you will find that the communication skills of the teen improving significantly. His approach, attitude and behavior will always be positive.

Development of Human Skills

He will learn to value relationships and will learn that it is important to become and responsible individual. This way you will find him making informed choices, where is aware of the fact that values needs to be protected and upheld. Their natural confidence helps them to grow up with strong leadership skills as well.

A student whose friends excel in academics may be compelled to study harder and get good grades. Players on a sports team may feel driven to play harder in order to help the team win. This type of influence can also be exerted to get a friend off drugs, or to help an adult take up a good habit or drop a bad one. Study groups, class projects, and even book clubs are examples of positive peer groups that encourage people to better themselves. Friends also help teens learn good social skills and better ways to communicate and work out problems, and give teens good advice.

Even pressure to do good things can be bad for teens, however, if they don't learn to say no when they need to. For instance, a teen may need to say no to going to a movie if he or she has homework that needs to be done. Always going along with what others want can cause a teen to have lower self esteem, and to give up things that are important to him or her.

Some things a teen can do to handle peer pressure include:

• Decide before you get into situation what your values and standards are.

• Choose good friends who share your values. Good friends use positive peer pressure to help you be your best self.

• Avoid situations where people are doing things you don't want to do.

• Think about your reasons for doing things: Are they good reasons? Are you being true to yourself and your values? Think about what the consequences will be of your decisions and actions, such as if an activity might harm your health or get you into trouble.

• Practice ways to say no - come up with excuses if necessary, such as that you don't want to get in trouble, damage your body or mind, or risk blowing your involvement in sports or academics.

• Talk to your parents or a trusted adult about the kinds of peer pressure you face and listen to their advice.

• With your parents or another trusted adult, come up with a code word you can use to let the adult know that you need help getting out of a bad situation but can't talk about it.

Remember that if just one teen stands up against peer pressure, usually others will join him or her, and learning to handle peer pressure gives teens more confidence and maturity.

Side: beneficial
3 points

If you are fortunate to get a good peer group, your peers can play a vital role in the shaping of your personality. Their way of looking at life may influence you to change for betterment. Some of your peers are your close friends, who do not pressurize you to do things but rather inspire you to change yourself. Your peer group may actually persuade you to bring about a constructive change in your personality. Peer pressure can lead you to make the right choices in life. If you are fortunate to get a good peer group, your peers can play a vital role in the shaping of your personality. Their way of looking at life may influence you to change for betterment. Some of your peers are your close friends, who do not pressurize you to do things but rather inspire you to change yourself.

Side: beneficial
2 points

Man is a social animal. Social interactions are a must for proper mental developement. Isolation and solitude are the worst punishments. Therefore peer groups are beneficial.

Side: beneficial
Nebeling(1117) Clarified
3 points

For most uses this assumption is pretty good, but some people voluntarily isolate themselves. Tibetan monks are known to do some pretty amazing things, like living in isolation for years, and when they return they come out in a pretty good shape... mentally anyway.

Side: beneficial
2 points

peer pressure is usually beneficial............... even if we fall in wid bad company it helps us to understand our mistakes n lets us analyze it so dt v dnt repeat it later on again.

taking into view that our friends play a major role in shaping our lives at dis stage.

so when we come under the presuure of our friends we can enrich our lives in a lot of ways!!!

it also tests your skills of mental tensility and endurance.............we come to understand hoe much we can improve ourselves and helps us to analyze and improve our characteristics...............

Side: beneficial
debator420(3) Disputed
5 points

and what if u have mudered someone under peer pressure and you have been sentenced to death than how will u be able to learn from ur mistake and have a good and fresh start

Side: harmful
padma14(9) Disputed
2 points

Peer pressure is not all about you. It is also about the peer group you consider yourself to belong to. So when you are sentenced for murder(by the way, where did your brains go when your peers asked you to kill someone?) your peers learn that it can have serious repercussions when you nip off somebody's life just like that and therefore they won't do it. So you come to know what's right and what's not right when you attach yourself to a peer group and learn from yours as well as other's mistakes.

Side: beneficial
BharatiY(4) Disputed
3 points

ah! you saying about we regret later right? what about criminals that are shameless?

what about the seniors that rage juniors and when the juniors complain against them, they instead of realizing their fault, beat up the juniors. is this the realization you talking about??

if it can increase our mental ability then why can't it destruct it?

'possible' word exists somewhere

Side: harmful
1 point

No matter how old they are people care what others think and want to fit in. When you are

just starting to think for yourself, the influence of your friends and people your age—your

peers—can be powerful. It can affect how you feel, dress, and act. This is called peer

pressure.

Peer pressure IS ALWAYS good. Pressure from your peers might lead you to play

sports, study hard, or join clubs.

Side: beneficial
ayeshazahra3(15) Disputed
1 point

Peer pressure is not always beneficial...it's only when u do an analytical approach towards ur friends..and if u follow them blindly then u r gonna be spoilt.

Side: harmful
1 point

yes buy with right's they took us to good way or help us in finding our mistakes.

Side: beneficial
1 point

Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you reflect on yourself. Peers may teach you good things and encourage you to follow them. Looking at what others do, can help you bring a positive change in your way of thinking. If you can pick selectively, peer pressure can push you towards something positive. For example, when a child knows that some of his friends regularly read storybooks or that they have subscribed to a library, even he feels tempted to do so. He may get into the habit of reading because of his peers. Seeing that some of your friends exercise daily, even you may take up the habit. Positive peer pressure can lead you to adopt good habits in life.

Your peers, their choices and ways of life give you a glimpse of the world outside the four walls of your house. What they think about things in life, how they perceive situations, how they react in different circumstances can actually expose you to the world around. Being part of a larger group of peers exposes you to the diversity in human behavior. This makes you reflect on your behavior and know where you stand. Peer pressure can lead you to make right choices in life.

If you are fortunate enough to get a good peer group, your peers can influence the shaping of your personality in a positive way. Their perspective of life can lead you to change yours. It's not pressure every time; sometimes it's inspiration, which makes you change for good. For example, positive peer pressure can make you quit smoking or give up bad habits that you may have. Your peers can inspire you to become more optimistic or more confident. Your peers may influence you to change and make you a better human being.

If the peer group happens to be in school, you will discover a lot of positive changes happening in your teenager. Since the urge to ‘belong’ to a peer group is all about feeling included and accepted, there is also this natural tendency to behave and become ‘like’ other members of a peer group. Therefore when the members of the peer group believe in doing well in class and doing their regular lessons with care, you will find your child also following suit.

The direct effect can be observed in the grades. The teenager will not only learn to focus on his studies but will also show an inclination in getting involved and participating is several extra curricular and sports activities in school.

Whether the peer group comprises of school friends, neighborhood friends or cousins of an extended family, the effect can always be seen on your child. Amongst the other apparent effects, you will find that the communication skills of the teen improving significantly. His approach, attitude and behavior will always be positive.

He will learn to value relationships and will learn that it is important to become and responsible individual.

Side: beneficial
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well managed and controlled pier pressure environment can be a great motivating force. according to me pier pressure is not only beneficial for individual but also for many groups of individuals like for example in my class if my friend gets good marks then i get boosted and ill try to get good marks to seeing me my fellow students also get tempted to do so hence pier pressure is always beneficial.

Side: beneficial
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if peer pressure is really harmful then tell me the name of any 5 successful person who can say that the peer pressure was not beneficial for them.actually peer pressure is not important ,the thing which makes the difference is Ur attitude .take the pressure in positive way ,and the world be urs.

Side: beneficial
rockstar4(16) Disputed
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Every person is not successful ,right? And if you are saying this then einstein's friends were not there to support or 'pressurize' him wheb he was dropped out from his school?

Side: harmful
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Peer pressure exposes us to do world, be it good stuff or bad stuff.

And people learn from their mistakes. With peer pressure, teens can learn from others mistakes as well. Suppose in a group of 5, 2 of the kids are into drugs. They ruin their health and are in a very bad condition. This serves as an example to the other three. So though peer pressure has its negatives, it is more beneficial. Now it depends on the society n how they bring up their kids : with a positive outlook on life or a negatve one. Rather than peer pressure, it is the older generation who set the stereotypes and prejudices which make teens do the stuff they do.

Side: beneficial
1 point

i know that most people think that peer pressure is harmful. yet many fail to realize that peer pressure is everywhere- your friend encourages you to try out for a team...a crowd compliments your outfit...your friend helps you with your studies...etc. Peer pressure comes in the form of encouragement in many cases. Everyone experiences peer pressure, even without realizing it.And remember, encouragement is veeeery beneficial.It motivates you, it prevent you from doing bad deeds, it prepares you, it shows you the real world...etc

Side: beneficial
4 points

It's not always either. Peer pressure is any instance where a group of yours peers is pressuring you to do something you wouldn't normally consider. If one group is telling you to smoke pot and another group is telling you not to. Yet both are your peers, they can't both be harmful.

Side: harmful
deepankar(1) Disputed
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How can the first one not be harmful when it is telling you to smoke????

Side: beneficial

It can be either.

Good: Peer pressure from your friends to talk to that girl you really like

Bad: peer pressure to do crack

Side: harmful
4 points

peer pressure is mostly observed during teenage. and it is not ALWAYS beneficial. infact it is mostly the opposite. peer pressure to bunk is not exactly harmful, but it is never beneficial. although some other activities, such as getting into drinking at a young age, or smoking due to peer pressure is pretty harmful most of the time.

Side: harmful
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OH GEORGE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SOME DRUGS?

AW SHUCKS, GUYS. I'M NOT SURE I'M UP FOR IT.

OH GEORGE. WE'LL HATE YOU IF YOU DON'T.

WELL IN THAT CASE SIGN ME UP FOR SOME CRYSTAL METH.

This is how exchanges happen in real life. Swear.

Side: harmful
4 points

peer pressure r of two type good and bad for example if ur firend is pressurising u to score good in school it is good peer pressure but if ur friend is pressuring u to consume drug ,alcohol or to commit something illegal than it is bad peer pressure but if we keep both aside a person should have the strenth to take his own decision and be indepent so i conclude that both type of peer pressure make us dependent on others and hence cause damage to our personalty

Side: harmful
4 points

there is no good peer pressure at all. because is something good is forced to be let done then it is good advises, not peer pressure.

the effect of peer pressure is always negative because we are forced to do bad things whereas, the effect of good advises is always positive because we are forced to do good things.

Side: harmful
4 points

Peer pressure is influence that a peer group, observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes, values, or behaviors to conform to group norms

Alienation From the Family

The direct effect of negative peer pressure is alienation from the family. They will just not like to be in the company of his parents as he feels that their values are standing in the way of his desires. A peer pressure is always antagonistic to the values that are promoted by the family. Thereby, the first thing that the teen does is to compromise the values and then indulge in activities that are contrary to them.

Disinterest in Studies

peer pressure teaches and encourages them to ignore studies. He will thus bunk classes and be completely uninterested in academics. The grades would naturally fall the teen would find it difficult to cope up in high school or get admission in colleges. This will naturally affect his career.

Bad Habits are Cultivated: Peer pressure forces you to do things you are not comfortable doing. It can even lead you to adopt a certain kind of lifestyle, even if you don't really want to. You may not like partying every weekend, you may not be smoking. But peer pressure is powerful. It can turn you from an always-at-home boy/girl to a complete party animal. It can turn you from a total non-smoker to a chain-smoker. There are so many people who take to drinking against their will, just because their peers force them to. In many cases, peer pressure has been the culprit in creating drug addicts.

Let us see some news headline regarding peer pressure.

1- Getting into an IIT is a matter of reputation for many families. It is more of a competition among parents than the children.

In this case children experience peer pressure from their parents.

2- A young girl committed suicide over Facebook comments, which has raked up the issue of how social networking is the new peer pressure.

In this case we come to know that peer pressure also affect from social networking site also.

3-Peer pressure causing student suicides:

At least 17 students have committed suicide in corporate junior colleges in the last two years and more than a dozen students run away from their hostels every year, police records reveal.

4-Bullying by siblings as harmful as by peers

Bullying by siblings is related to the same serious mental health effects as peer bullying, a new study has found.

Side: harmful
3 points

Why do you think peer pressure is beneficial ??

Peer pressure can lead to loss of individuality...it can take to something as grave as drug use..what do u guys think about it...

Side: harmful
4 points

Negative Effects of Peer Pressure

When you do not like a particular idea or when you have no inclination towards a particular field, it is obvious that you won't like to go by it. For sure, you won't like to go that way. But it is you peer group, which may compel you on doing something you hate. In such cases, there are chances that you won't do well in those things. Things you do not enjoy doing cannot fetch you success. You cannot emerge successful in something you have never liked doing. So, it is important that you do not lose happiness of your life by succumbing to peer pressure.

Many a time, it so happens, that we are forced to lead a certain kind of lifestyle due to peer pressure. You may not like partying on every weekend, you may not like night outs with friends, you may hate drinking or smoking, but peer pressure may make you do all that you had never wished to. There are many teenagers who experience great pressure from their peer group that forces them to take to drinking. You may take to something as grave as drug use, and that too, only because of peer pressure. In such cases, being overly pressurized by you peers can be detrimental to your living. Some teenagers literally spoil their lives by giving in to peer pressure.

Peer pressure can lead to a loss of individuality. Extreme peer pressure may lead you to follow what your peers feel right. Their pressure may compel you to go by everything they think right. You tend to blindly imitate the masses; you adopt their tastes of fashion, clothing, hair, music and general living. Peer pressure can actually lead you to lose you tastes of life and force yourself to begin liking what they like. Peer pressure is the human tendency to join the bandwagon, in which, the person loses his/her original way of looking at life.

Positive Effects of Peer Pressure

Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you analyze yourself and contemplate on your ways of life. Some of the practices that the masses follow may actually teach you the way of living. You may be able to change yourself for the better. Looking at what others do, can help you bring about a positive change in your way of thinking. If you can pick selectively, peer pressure can actually result in a positive change in your way of life.

Knowing what the masses follow exposes you to the world outside your home. You understand the things going on around you. You are exposed to a wide variety in human behavior. Exposure to peer pressure gives you an opportunity to think about their tastes and their outlooks towards life. It gives you a chance to choose the best from what the masses do.

If you are fortunate to get a good peer group, your peers can play a vital role in the shaping of your personality. Their way of looking at life may influence you to change for betterment. Some of your peers are your close friends, who do not pressurize you to do things but rather inspire you to change yourself. Your peer group may actually persuade you to bring about a constructive change in your personality. Peer pressure can lead you to make the right choices in life.

Side: harmful
4 points

What u say is wrong silent killer...we actually don't realise our mistakes..we never give response towards good friends..mostly each and everyone go towards a bad way or adopt wrong path..we never think about our future ..therefore peer pressure is extremely harmful

Side: harmful
3 points

It depends on the situation, and what type of person you are. Some people would give in it. Some wouldn't. Also it depends what the presure is about. If the presure is towards crime then is would be harmful.

Side: harmful
padma14(9) Disputed
4 points

You said that some people give in to peer pressure which could have negative influence. If that person does not have mental stability and gives in to those things which he knows are bad, then that person cannot really face any challenges in life. He is very susceptible to influence, good or bad, whichever fate may grace him with. Thus, its not a fault of peer pressure but is a demerit to his character.

Side: beneficial
izazovnog(322) Disputed
2 points

Actually, they can. Remember, I am not arguing it is allway's harmful, I am arguing it is not allway's useful. Now, sopose a car is coming across the road, if you are under presure, you may fall over, and become unfocased, however, if you are not, you won't, and will dodge the car in time.

Another example is education, most people do better when not under presure.

Now please look at the debate topic.

Side: harmful
3 points

Peer Pressure

The Good & the Bad...

Peer pressure is when "friends" persuade you to doing something that you do not want to do. But maybe you want to do it, and you just don't have the courage to do it and your friends talk you into it. Peer Pressure can be broken down into two areas; good peer pressure and bad peer pressure.

Bad peer pressure is being coerced into doing something that you didn't want to do because your friends said that you should. Friends have a tendency to think that they know what is best for you, and if your friends are like some of ours, they always offer their opinion whether it is wanted or not Well, if friends are going to tell you what to do, what can you do about it? The most basic thing that you can do is to say "No, I don't wish to do that!" or if you want to do it, say "Yes, give me a try!"

For instance, if one of your friends offered you a cigarette, you might say "No, that just doesn't interest me." But being able to say no may not be the problem; the real problem arises when your friends repeatedly ask you to do something. This is where you have to be able to say to yourself, "I made a decision and I truly feel that my decision was the correct one", and then be able to express that repeatedly to all of your friends, and have enough respect for yourself to stand up and not give in. This seems like a difficult task, doesn't it? It takes a tremendous amount of will power to be able to stand up to the people that you know, trust, and respect ... your friends.

One of the major problems with peer pressure occurs when you get sucked into something that you really didn't want to do and subsequently, become addicted to it. Usually, people get backed into a situation to try illegal drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes and more times than not, these behaviors can become habit forming.

If and when someone comes up and offers you one of these substances, it is your decision whether you want to try or continue to use these substances. You should be prepared to make these decisions and to make a good decision you must be educated on that topic. For instance, say you were going to buy a stereo. You wouldn't just go out and pick the one that looked nice, you probably would go to the library and look into it. You might do some research in a few magazines, ask a few friends what they thought, go to the store and listen to each stereo through multiple speakers and finally make an educated decision. Before engaging in a specific situation, you should take the time to read about each one and the possible drawbacks before you decide to try or not to try anything.

Our reasoning behind not telling you what to do with each decision is because through out school, we were always told "Say NO to drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes." You see, we may have always been taught other people's opinions. We think that it is better that one finds out what will happen, how it will happen, and get whatever information that you need to make an educated decision. So, arm yourself with wisdom and knowledge and some decision making skills, so you can live your own life and finally accept the consequences of doing or not doing something.

Good peer pressure, on the other hand, is being pushed into something that you didn't have the courage to do or just didn't cross your mind to do. However, as you think about it, it seems like a good thing to do. Good peer pressure can also be a situation when your friends convince you not to do something you were going to do because it wasn't in your best interest. Some people say that good peer pressure is when you get pushed into something that you didn't want to do and it turned out well. Well, this may be nice, but ask yourself this question: how do you know "ahead of time" whether what you are doing will turn out good or bad? Can you? Most people can't, but if you can, your problems may be solved! When the time comes for you to make these big decisions, it is important to think before deciding. Take as long as you need just to think about whether you want to do it, think about whether you should, and finally think about the consequences. These are the important things that must be done before any big decision is made. Also, knowing who is asking you to do something helps you make the decision. If the person is not your friend, you should really consider what they want you to do, but if you know, trust and respect this person then you might seriously consider what they ask.

But how do you know? For each person, deciding who is your friend or not, is a difficult decision. It might be of benefit for you to develop some sort of personal grouping system of your friends and depending on what group they fall into will determine how strong an influence you allow them to have in your life. One possible classification scheme might be as follows:

Not Your Friend - People you usually don't associate with under normal circumstances.

Acquaintance - This group of people includes those that you might see in school, but you don't associate with out of school. You might occasionally cross their path out of school, but you wouldn't normally seek them out.

Wannabe Friends - These are people you might want to be friends with for some selfish reasons, such as hoping to be more popular. People who fall into this category are never your true friends because the foundation for the friendship does not have a solid basis.

True Friends - These are the ones in the small, close group of people that you confide in and you know that they have your best interest in mind. The people in this group are those whose influence on your life makes you a better person.

Knowing who to listen to and who to avoid is the biggest step in fighting unwanted, negative peer pressure. Remember, it's your life and your responsibility for determining what you make of it!

Side: harmful
3 points

do not lose happiness of your life by succumbing to peer pressure. Positives: Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you analyze yourself and contemplate...

way of looking at life. Positive Effects of Peer Pressure Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you analyze yourself and contemplate on your ways of...

access to drugs when they want them, because they are curious and vulnerable, and peer pressure will always exist. The temptation to some how and some way, run away...Go with the flow There is also the aspect of positive peer pressure as well. Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you analyze yourself and contemplate...

Side: harmful
3 points

I think that if were wise with our friends then it is not harmful.

Side: harmful
3 points

There can be 'beneficial' peer pressure. But peer pressure over something fucking stupid? Hell no.

Side: harmful
3 points

Only a few people have the courage to resist peer pressure and be their ourselves rather than being one among a lot..

Side: harmful
3 points

Peer pressure can actually lead to lose ur tastes of life and force ur self to begin liking what ur friends like...

Side: harmful
3 points

Peer pressure is the human tendency to join the band wagon in which the person loses his or her original way of looking at life.

Side: harmful
2 points

i feel that peer pressure is not at all good because at that time we are not knowing what we are doing and whether it is good or harmful

Side: harmful
3 points

correct. moreover, when we are under pressure we forget about who am i? what am i doing? is it right or wrong?

mostly in the time of 'teen' when we feel very much frustrated and all, we tend in to get into bad peer pressure.

Side: harmful
2 points

really i disagree with this statement because so much cases we see in our daily life students commiting suicides only because of peer pressure on them as they fail in their exams

Side: harmful
silentkiller(5) Disputed
3 points

thats not only peer pressure my friend its parental and social pressure as well which drives them to those actions

Side: beneficial
2 points

i also think that this statement is false as people get involved in taking alchol etc because of peer pressure

Side: harmful

Peer pressure. Fear of blame. Presumes a safety culture...

Side: harmful

U may not like partying on every weekend. U may not like nightout with friends. You may hate drinking or smoking. But peer pressure may make u do all that u had never wished to..

Side: harmful
1 point

i think peer pressure is very very harmful as it can effect the surroundings in a bad way

Side: harmful
1 point

Peer pressure is no good! It is good advises that makes the life of a person not peer pressure! It takes us to the negative side of life where we are forced to do bad things. And btw how can anything that involves pressure be beneficial?

Side: harmful
1 point

well i think i am not in this world to live up to your expectations and you are not in this world to live up to mine....as peer pressure can lead us to lose our own tastes we lose our orginality of thought and conduct it is tendency to join the bandwagon and many teens have spoiled their life by just giving into peer pressure so its very important for us not to lose our happiness of life by scumbling to peer pressure....

Side: harmful
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Side: harmful
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also this is wrong people often dont believe it but my points are correct i am sure

Side: harmful