You just read comments from several young people about the pressures to use drugs. Write a paragraph that expresses your thoughts about these negative pressures.
Guys pls answer correct !
Answers
Answer:
So usually the term "peer pressure" is used when people are talking about behaviors that are not considered socially acceptable or desirable, such as experimentation with alcohol or drugs. The term "peer pressure" is not usually used to describe socially desirable behaviors, such as exercising or studying.
Is Peer Pressure Always Bad?
In reality, peer pressure can be either a positive or negative influence that one peer, or group of peers, has on another person.
Positive Peer Pressure
Peer pressure could influence a young person to become involved in sports. This involvement could be positive, leading to exposure to healthy lifestyles and role models, and eventually leading the young person to become a positive role model herself.
Negative Peer Pressure
That same peer pressure could lead the same young person to over-identify with sports, putting exercise and competition above all else.
If taken to an extreme, she may develop exercise addiction, causing her to neglect schoolwork and social activities, and ultimately, use exercise and competition in sports as her main outlet for coping with the stresses of life. This can also lead to numerous health consequences.
Peer Pressure and Addiction
Peer pressure causes kids to do things they would not otherwise do with the hope of fitting in or being noticed, and of course, this can include experimenting with alcohol and/or drugs.
Beyond prompting kids to use drugs, peer pressure or the desire to impress their peers can override a teen or tween's fear of taking risks, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse for Kids.1 This risky behavior with drugs and/or alcohol can result in the following:
Accidents
Addiction
Alcohol or drug poisoning
Asphyxiation
Driving under the influence (of alcohol or other drugs)
Overdose
Sexually transmitted diseases
Behavioral Addiction
Tweens and teens can also feel an internal pressure to participate in activities and behaviors they think their peers are doing, which can put them at risk for the following behavioral addictions:
Food addiction
Gambling addiction
Internet addiction
Sex addiction
Shopping addiction
Video game addiction
Parents are rarely concerned about peer pressure to engage in sports or exercise, as these are typically seen as healthy social behaviors. This is appropriate, as long as the exercise or sport does not become an unhealthy way of coping, excessive to the point of negatively affecting their health, or dangerous (as in dangerous sports).
Parental Influence vs. Peer Pressure
Although parents worry about the influence of peers, overall, parents also can have a strong influence on whether children go on to develop addictive behaviors than peers do.
Addiction is a complex process, which is affected by many different factors, so peer pressure alone is unlikely to cause an addiction.
Rather than worrying about the effects of your children's friendships, parents would do well to focus on creating a positive, supportive home environment, free of addictive behaviors and without access to alcohol or other drugs.
Role modeling good emotional self-regulation will also reduce your child's risk of developing addictions. Self-regulation involves the ability to control thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in order to manage current behavior and achieve long-term goals.
This will teach your child positive ways of solving problems and coping with uncomfortable feelings, rather than trying to escape into addictive behaviors and substances for temporary, unpredictable relief from emotional or physical pain.
Hope it helps you!!
Please if possible mark me as brainliest!!