Teens Need Peer Pressure

Raising kids in today is hard and can be very frightening. One of the biggest concerns and fears of parents is how their child will react to peer pressure when the children become teenagers. Parents have a lot of influence on their children and are able to teach them right from wrong. But as children become teenagers their friends seem to have more influence on them than the parents do. Should parents try to keep their kids from having to deal with peer pressure? No, because kids need some peer pressure to help them develop as individuals and peer pressure has both positive and negative affects on our kids. The key is to prepare kids to deal with the serious choices that come from peer pressure.

There are things parents can do to help their children get prepared for the peer pressure they will encounter as teenagers. To start with, parents need to make a strong bond with their kids when the children are real young, a long time before they're teenagers. The strength in a child's relationship with their family will make a big difference in how they react to negative peer pressure....