Hello all you awesome bloggers and those who read my blog! :) In this week's blog we will be discussing peer pressure. A specific kind of peer pressure that pertains to teen drinking.
So first of all, WHY are kids so easily peer pressured into something? I mean, sure, they all have common sense and may have said that they don't want to drink yet or even at all (because they aren't ready, it's unhealthy, etc) but when it comes down to the people or friends they trust or want to impress, their mind could suddenly change. One might be convinced to do something they don't want to do either because they don't want to be disliked or rejected by their friends, to be ridiculed, or because they want to appear and feel more grown up. Whatever the reason may be, it shows that peer pressure works on adolescents. They're at an age of fitting in and experimenting. Can you blame them? Although, I'm not saying that every teenager is like this. Of course there are some who can resist and stand their ground.
So now that we covered that, it's time to get down to the statistics. First of all, drinking doesn't only involve high school students. It happens to teens who go to middle school too. I know right? It's unbelievable; they're so young! According to surveys, it is more probable that teens would try alcohol and would give into peer pressure in schools where alcohol and drugs are used. Studies show that a whopping 62% of high school students and 28% of middle school students attend those type of schools. The numbers have even increased these past years considering it was 44% of high school students and 19% of middle school students in 2002.
I know what you're thinking. This is insane. And the sad part is that the major reason is not that students resort to alcohol because of family or school issues or stress; the major reason here is.... peer pressure. It needs to end and I feel very strongly about that. It affects with the students' education, health, and mindset.Please leave your opinions and the way you feel towards this in the comment section. And have an awesome day you guys! :DDD Stick around for next week's blog!
Peer pressure should be considered a crime! And the percentage in schools are really high!
ReplyDeleteI'd actually expect the high school percentage to be higher :O
ReplyDeletePeer pressure is bad, but it is inevitable. I blame parenting and the school systems(like for everything else)because they should teach the kids that drinking underage has negative effect and can lead to addiction and to drugs.My solution to the problem is to bring water back to its popularity!
ReplyDeleteUnlike Andree, I very much believe that peer pressure isn't inevitable and easily rendered useless....
ReplyDeleteI just spent a good 4 hours at a party with a ton of kids raging out of their faces yet was able to stay completely sober...
SO HA!.
Yeeeah! Peer pressuring is terrible.
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