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I do find that environment does impact development, particularly for adolescents who are often very concerned with how others view them. Adolescents and teens often want to fit in and will go against their own identity to do so which is often a result of peer pressure.
Peer pressure is one of the hardest things for a teen to have to go through as they are searching to determine who they are and who they will become. Friends have a large influence over us and many times we will listen to our friends over our parents. Not all adolescents and teens are like this but many are and many succumb to what their friends suggest or what their friends are doing. This is why I find it so important to choose our friends wisely, not just in our adolescent and teen years but beyond. If we surround ourselves with individuals who do not use illegal substances and who treat others with respect it makes it easier to succumb to positive rather than negative influences.
For example, my friends in High school were athletes and “bookworms”. My boyfriend throughout High school was an athlete but not a bookworm and he had a crowd of friends that drove fast cars, raced one another on open roads, and engaged in drug and alcohol use. When we were together we spent the majority of our time with my friends and if he wanted to be with his friends I would often pass on the opportunity. I didn’t want to be around the activities and the less temptation I had to follow a negative path the less likely I was to make negative choices.
When considering caring about how others view us what advice would you give adolescents to help them appreciate what others think but not succumb to peer pressure based on what others think of them particularly in regard to gender and gender specific activities?