Do you worry about your child and peer pressure?
By MomOfAngel
@MomOfAngel (138)
United States
6 responses
@kneeshka123 (392)
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15 Sep 07
I don't really think about peer pressure where my 14 year old is concerned. If anything she is probably more likely to be the one that makes the fahion. So I am lucky in that i don't have to worry about her in that way .
Denise
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@mystic_0318 (937)
• United States
14 Sep 07
oh yes I do worry about peer pressure all the time. I have 3 daughters and I worry about that all the time. I'm really starting to worry about my oldest daughter cause she always wants to fallow the older kids and try to act like them and she is only 11...I just hope it don't get any worse..Cause it will get to the point that I'm already concidering pulling them out of school and home schooling them..
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@sweetie_in_wa2002 (16)
• United States
1 May 08
I think homeschooling will help a little bit. But they still have friends and they are going to go to there friends house. I truly believe that if you get involve in your childrens lives and watch who their friends are and stay involved your children will benifit in the future. I have two children in school I know who their friends are and their parents. A couple of years ago I had a problem with a little girl that was coming over to our house. She was stealing things from my daughter and her sister. So I put a stop to her coming over to our house and I explained to my daughter that if she was going to steal she is not aloud in my house. And I also explined to my daughter what was going to happened to the little girl if she kept doing what she was doing. And now she see that little girl has already went to juvenile detention for stealing. So she see that if you do the wrong things you will get into trouble. I think that kids now days need to have a little bit more discipline. I don't believe in beating a child but a little spanking as a last resort doesn't hurt. There is a big difference between beating a kid black and blue and a little spanking.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
15 Sep 07
If you ask your mother, she would say out of affection that you never gave trouble during your childhood. But you did. Let your mother ask her mother it is the same story. When grow older, (school kids or college) you would continue to affectionately get anger about child's childhood naughty things. But when your daughter starts going to job and earning salary or married of, you would never complain, but would say that she was a lovely child. Life is like that.
That is why it is said by experienced mothers that it is easy to produce the child, but raising them is one hell of a job but it is most memorable and fruitful investment and work.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
16 Sep 07
I give response not to convince any one. That is mot my work. There is a free forum and one should be able to express one's feeling. It is upto other person or persons to identify whether their feelings match the expressed ones. It realy doesnot matter and there is no rule as such that one should write in tune with ones way of thinking. It can always differ.
@MomOfAngel (138)
• United States
15 Sep 07
Normally I like your answers, but I don't agree with this one. It doesn't even completely make sense to me.
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@happythoughts (4109)
• United States
14 Sep 07
Kids are getting so disrespectful these days. It is hard to help your kid not get sucked into it when it is all around them. I dont know what to do about it. We try extra hard at home to show a good example to them and talk about what is and isnt okay. I hope that helps the situation some.
When I was a kid the things that shocked me in Jr high are normal now for elementary. If you have ever watched "The Villiage" I think it is a great idea. Make a civilization cut off from the rest. I just cant get my hubby to join me.
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@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
15 Sep 07
Peer pressure is so dangerous these days! My daughter and I talk about this almost daily. I always ask how her day went and what happened at school. Sometimes she tells me and sometimes she doesn't. I ask her questions and how she feels about certain things and her reaction to it and it kind of gives me relief about it. I encourage her to have strength to be a leader and not a follower. Unfortunately I was a follower in high school and I followed myself right out of a lot of opportunities. It seems to start earlier and earlier these days!
@ebusaf (329)
• United States
14 Sep 07
Yea I worry a lot about that. My son is in second grade and, I already him talking about things he shouldn't be. I caught him saying bad things about gay people, and I was like where in the world did he learn about "gay people" in the second grade. Kids know a little too much now a days and we as parents definitly need to be aware of what our kids are watching and listening to.
For instance during the summer time, my son was home with my brother watching Maury, I walked in, and hear my son is yelling "You are not the Father"...I couldn't help but laugh, but then I had to step back and tell him seriously you need to change the channel.
