Peer pressure is an issue that people often face during puberty. This led to a discussion on this issue because a group of people believed this type of pressure has a beneficial impact on adolescents, while others disagree because they believe this issue will cause more drawbacks. From my perspective, peer pressure affects teens’ habits or behavior, and it can have both positive and negative effects.
On the positive side, this(peer) pressure can encourage teenagers to have good habits or behavior. For instance, my sister has a group of friends who will study and discuss the assignment after school. This effect gives her motivation to focus on her studies, and she feels satisfied with the process and the good result. Another example is my brother, who has certain peers who play basketball after school, and he has grown extremely since he started playing with them. These examples show that peers and friends could lead to good habits.
However, certain harmful habits or behaviors may be caused by pressure from their peer.(Peer pressure could cause harmful behavior and distort individual’s value) For example, I have some college friends who started smoking or drinking alcohol at an early age, and they were all affected by their friends or peers. They have various reasons why they start these harmful habits or behaviors, such as the behaviors look cool, or they do not want to be left out. Nevertheless, no matter what the reason is, they all used to suffer and become addicted to these harmful habits or behaviors. This demonstrates that peer influence can lead to negative consequences.(Example: distort individual’s value)
To sum up, peers and friends influence adolescents’ habits or behavior, and it could be a benefit or a drawback. Peer influence has the drawback that people may struggle with harmful habits and develop addiction during adolescence. According to my family’s experience, there has been a beneficial influence, such as teens being motivated to study or developing a healthy habit. Therefore, I slightly agree with the view that peer pressure has a good impact.