Question

how does peer pressure help students grow?

Answer 1

is natural, healthy and important for children to have and rely on friends as they grow and mature. Peers can be positive and supportive. They can help each other develop new skills, or stimulate interest in books, music or extracurricular activities. ... Kids often give in to peer pressure because they want to fit in.

Answer 2

Answer:

Peer pressure has long been thought of as a negative influence on teens, but experts now believe that it is at the center of an important developmental step into adulthood, the Wall Street Journal's Shirley Wang reports.

According to Temple University psychology professor Laurence Steinberg, peer influence is a normal part of adolescence. Susceptibility to peer pressure tends to peak around age 15, but teenagers learn to start setting boundaries with peers by age 18.

Beatriz Luna, a development cognitive neuroscientist at UPMC, adds that it is "adaptive to have a [biological] system that encourages you to start exploring outside the home, to start making your new own peer circles.