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Peer Pressure
By Kelly Newman
The youth of today need to think twice before making decisions that may wreck their life.
They usually make bad decisions because other people (like their friends) think it might be fun or theyíre afraid of being called boring and not trying something different.
Other reasons why they do things like this may be because they want to prove that they donít care what other people think. Or they want to prove theyíre not scared of trying new things. Sometimes it could be because they know that their parents donít want them to be doing that kind of thing, so they do it because they know theyíre not allowed and want to annoy their parents.

The people that make these choices may even do it because they donít feel loved or they may think that nobody cares for them.
Some people who try these things (like smoking) usually say theyíre hooked and say they canít stop. But thatís not true ñ they just donít have enough support or self-confidence to get through it all.
The people who do quit should be given credit for taking the courage to do that, and for realising itís not good for you. I think the only way to help these people would be to talk to them and make sure that they know the consequences if they keep doing this and try to change their mind about it. If you can change their mind than stick by them and give them all the support they need while theyíre quitting.
If the problem is more than just smoking, like drugs you could try to talk them into getting counselling or something like that. If you donít succeed than you could talk to their parents or some one else who they are close to, and tell them about this personís problem and they might be able to help.

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						Peer Pressure By Kelly Newman The youth of today need to think twice before making decisions that may wreck their life. They usually make bad decisions because other people (like their friends) think it might be fun or theyíre afraid of being called boring and not trying something different. Other reasons why they do things like this may be because they want to prove that they donít care what other people think. Or they want to prove theyíre not scared of trying new things. Sometimes it could be because they know that their parents donít want them to be doing that kind of thing, so they do it because they know theyíre not allowed and want to annoy their parents. The people that make these choices may even do it because they donít feel loved or they may think that nobody cares for them. Some people who try these things (like smoking) usually say theyíre hooked and say they canít stop. But thatís not true ñ they just donít have enough support or self-confidence to get through it all. The people who do quit should be given credit for taking the courage to do that, and for realising itís not good for you. I think the only way to help these people would be to talk to them and make sure that they know the consequences if they keep doing this and try to change their mind about it. If you can change their mind than stick by them and give them all the support they need while theyíre quitting. If the problem is more than just smoking, like drugs you could try to talk them into getting counselling or something like that. If you donít succeed than you could talk to their parents or some one else who they are close to, and tell them about this personís problem and they might be able to help.

		*Welcome to the* *Ross Smith E-View!* NEW ISSUE TERM 3 2003 Ross Smith students are again leading the world in on-line publishing after the school became one of the first to feature student-produced videos on their website as part of the literacy project in 1999. The Ross Smith E-View was started this year after articles were put onto an international schools website with wired.com, but in 2002 Ross Smith has made a magazine on the net for themselves. BACK TO eView CONTENTS PAGE LAST ISSUE TERM 4 2002 TERM 1 2003