Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you analyze yourself and contemplate on your ways of life. Some of the practices that the masses follow may actually teach you the way of living. You may be able to change yourself for the better. Looking at what others do, can help you bring about a positive change in your way of thinking. If you can pick selectively, peer pressure can actually result in a positive change in your way of life.
Knowing what the masses follow exposes you to the world outside your home. You understand the things going on around you. You are exposed to a wide variety in human behavior. Exposure to peer pressure gives you an opportunity to think about their tastes and their outlooks towards life. It gives you a chance to choose the best from what the masses do.
If you are fortunate to get a good peer group, your peers can play a vital role in the shaping of your personality. Their way of looking at life may influence you to change for betterment. Some of your peers are your close friends, who do not pressurize you to do things but rather inspire you to change yourself. Your peer group may actually persuade you to bring about a constructive change in your personality. Peer pressure can lead you to make the right choices in life.
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Peer pressure is actually when peers encourage you or influence you to behave or act in certain ways. It could be both good or bad.
Example: Someone could peer pressure you to smoke, but on the other hand, someone could also peer pressure you to not smoke.
There are quite a few different examples of positive peer pressure. These examples include pressuring someone to try out for a sport they've been wanting to play.
Say you are too scared to join the volleyball team, but you really do want to join. Your family and friends can pressure you to join because they know it's what you want.
Friends pressuring someone to do better in school or not go out and participate in risky behavior