Introduction

Peer pressure is the influence a peer group can have or does have over an individual. The peer group can influence this individual to either change his or her attitudes,values,or behaviour in order to conform to the peer group's norms. In other words, it is when a child or an adolescent is willing to drop their identity in order to conform to a social group's expectations and norms. This topic connects to social justice because peer pressure hurts the dignity and individuality of the adolescent and child's soul. It also increases deviant behavior in adolescents and children and often steers them down a rocky road. Thus, we must help our children and adolescents by ridding their culture of peer pressure.

Hi, my name is Nick Goldsmith and I am currently a senior at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, CA. I am doing a social justice project and it is on peer pressure. I am interested in this topic because I have seen first hand how peer pressure influences adolescents and children. I have mostly seen the negative consequences of peer pressure. Thus, I wanted to do my social project on this topic so I could find solutions to mitigate the powerful influence of peer pressure.