In the article “Friendship

In the article “Friendship, Peer Influence and Peer Pressure During the Teen Years”
explain that in teenagers, they are wanting to be more acceptable by their friends is a normal part in their life. During adolescence, they start to develop unique personalities and traits, they also need to be more independent and have freedom to choose their friends. They want to be accepted by by their friends so they might be doing something that against their needs. As a children grow up, friendships become an important part of their lives. The opinions of theirs friends start to outweigh the opinions of their parents. Adolescence can be the most confusing time and that is the time when peer pressure among teenagers most prevalent. Friends that they hang out all day long in school or even after school can be a major source of peer pressure. On the other, however peer influence or peer pressure isn’t always a bad thing but might be a concern for teenagers.