Question

how does peer pressure encourage teenagers to end being parents before the right time

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Explanation:

Normally, parents try to do their best while bringing up their child – nurturing them with love, teaching them right from wrong and hoping the best for their future. However, their time spent on them has little effect on their long-term development, particularly when they leave their nest to explore the temptations of the world. This is the time when parents come to know if their upbringing has stood the test of time.

Most of the time the need to be accepted by the ‘in’ crowd at school puts a lot of pressure on a child, and they end up giving in to their peers rather than sticking to the lessons they've learnt at home. In such situations peer pressure wins over the parents’ influence on teenagers. Famous American psychologist, Judith Rich Harris says, a child who is raised in a traditional, happy family with adequate attention and care is as likely to go astray as the one brought up in a broken home; given their company of friends and peers at school. Parents' influence on teenagers doesn't always last in the face of peer pressure.