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| Peers of diverse age playing near an old railroad |
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Peer pressure
Is the pressure exerted by a peer
group in encouraging a person to change their attitude, behavior or morals, to conform to, for example: fashion sense, taste in music and television, or outlook
on life. A person affected by peer pressure may, or may
not want to, belong in a group.
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| Diana,Kristin,Nathalia & Martina typical teen photo |
Tips that can help you as parent to keep track of your kid
- Get to know their friends — Make your home
a place where your children’s friends like to hang out.
- Ask questions — Find out what your children’s
friends enjoy. example above picture. They enjoy the mall!
- Encourage diverse friendships — Encourage
your children to get to know kids from many different backgrounds and perspectives.
- Monitor friendships — Keep tabs on the
friends your children spend a lot of time with.
- Be a Good Listener- Listen closely to your children’s perspective
before rushing to judgment.
- Is Key to set limits — Even if your children
want to spend all their time hanging out with friends, set a clear expectation that they regularly spend time at home with
family as well.
- Health and safety — Some friends may be
dangerous to your children, which they may not recognize. smoke, drink or use illegal drugs. Be explicit that your child
is not to hang out with these friends by simply saying “No thanks" or "I’m good.”
- Find More about the other side —
Get to know the parents or guardians of your children’s friends. Both families can work together to ensure that the
friendship is positive for everyone.
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Friends are really important to your teen As
teens they choose their own friends, looking for everything to shared interests, understanding, and acceptance. They may choose
teens that you as parents may like you and perhaps not so quite others that you may like it at all, and
whether you like it or not, frequently your kid will see their friends as even more important than their family.
It’s easy to worry about the friends your kids make and the influence they adquire.
As parents, to maintain a helthty relationship with your teenagers; establish relationships with their friends. In the
end it is important that you as parents help your kid to choose good friends.
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| Same girls Shop into you drop!!! |
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Discuss the nature of family processes in adolescence by John W. Santrock in his Eleventh Edition
ADOLESCENCE book, chapter 10.
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The concept of reciprocal socializtion is that adolescence socialize parents just as parents socialize
adolescents. The family system of interacting individuals with different subsystem-some dyadic, some polyadic.
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The developmental construction views share the belief that as individuals develop they acquiere modes
of relating to others.
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Relationships are influenced by the maturation of the adolescent and the maturation of parents. Adolescent
changes include puberty, expanded logical reasoning, increased idealistic and egocentric thought, violated expectations, changes
in schooling, peers, friendships, dating, and movement toward independence.
Peer groups, in many ways, help make the process easier to move from depending upon your parent to becoming
independent. “To be able to stand up on your own, without you parents, you need to feel that you are worth something.
Sharing secrets, fears, and adventures with your friends strengthens your sense of your own value.
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| Nathalia and Kristin they know each other since age 4 |
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