Peer pressure should not be allowed because it can lead to poor choices for the person experiencing it. Many children entering high school or college begin to experience all kinds of peer pressure. Whether it's encouraging you to join choir, track or dance. But sometimes your friends can push you to try very dangerous things. For example, drugs, alcohol and challenges that lead to very difficult consequences. This is one of the most difficult problems a teenager will face. They feel like if they don’t, they’re no longer part of the “group.” It's not always someone physically talking to you and telling you to do it. Some are provoked by the media. Society shows it to us on television, in magazines. , and the advertisements, that it's there. But it's not just about being someone they think their friends will like more, or just about fitting in. One of the main factors that are harsh in the world of bourgeois life, with priority given to looks, skills and ambition. According to the New York Times' "Teenagers, Friends, and Bad Decisions," adolescent and peer pressure have a distinct effect on brain signals involving risk and reward, helping to explain why young people. are more likely to misbehave and take risks when their friends are watching. They begin to feel excluded, unwanted. But, when they seem to talk about how much fun they have doing it, you may just hear them but not understand. they begin to give up and give in to the dangerous situations their friends find themselves in. Another example is the book “Go Ask Alice”. Alice was once a shy, innocent girl who got drawn into the world of drugs because of her need to be accepted. With teenagers who feel alone and no one is there to help them, they will do anything...... middle of paper...... with guys to dance. Liz felt lonely but soon a guy came up to her and started talking. He asked her to go somewhere quiet with him to talk. She said no, but the guy kept trying to pressure her to stay alone with her. When Liz gave in, she took her out to the backyard where no one could even hear them go out because of the loud music. The guy ended up raping Liz and no one came to help him because no one could hear him. "Think about who your friends are, who you are or will become. You don't need anyone to tell you how you feel. The world has so much more to reveal to you. "We all need to take responsibility for our own actions What seems like a good idea at the time – or maybe not so good, but accepted could very well end up coming back to bite you and no one else's. – The Peer Pressure Guide