Peers influence your life, even if you don’t realize it, just by spending time with you. You learn from them, and they learn from you. It’s only human nature to listen to and learn from other people in your age group. Teens and tweens rely on their friends for everything from companionship to compassion. Some estimates say the average teenager spends approximately 20 to 25 hours per week, not counting classroom time, with friends. That gives peers a lot of power.
Most people who try to pressure you to engage in a behavior you are avoiding have a positive intention for doing so, even though their behavior can be really annoying. For instance, they may want to have fun together, to share in some experience, or just to feel better about their own indulgences. These aren’t negative intentions of harm and ill will, but positive intentions of shared humanity.
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