Our Peer: Our Influencers..

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Many are the times,we find ourselves with our peers. We do a whole lot of things with them; playing with them, walk with them , sleep with them, discuss issues with them and a whole lot, of which even some parents pass through the peer of their children in order to advice them.

Some of these peers then become our best friends (Bestie) where we share every bit of secret with them as well as seek advice from them in times of need . Who then is your peer? What advices do they give you ? And how does it affect you??

Our Peer , Our Friends , and others we say are of influence on us and we are going to take a keen look at that today ..

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Let's dive in..

The word peer as it comes the Latin word par meaning equal refers a group of people who is at the same level, rank , status , caliber, age , as well other positions. The group of friends we walk with are then considered as our peer group.

The word influence also means having effect on the character, development, well-being or attitude of something or someone..

Peer groups can then be grouped mainly into two based on how they influence us or it's group members -good peer group and bad peer group.

These peer groups have a great sense of influence on us since we always want to be with them not wanting to be with our parents . Thereby there is the need to know the kind of friends we have to choose then.

Let's look at the two groups then.

  • A good peer group is a group where an individual is influenced greatly for his/her good benefits . As the name suggests, with these kind of peers they make sure their friends don't go wayward, they help each other academically and tend to make use of themselves knowing what they want in the near future

  • A bad peer group on the hand is a group of people where they always seek for trouble. They engage in bad activities likes smoking, alcoholism and a whole lot of things that society frowns on . These groups doesn't seek for an individual's betterment but what they see as "modern"..

Let's take these scenarios as it illustrates clearly the difference between these two groups ..

  1. A friend of a peer group was so much addicted to alcohol and smoking. He gets drunk to the extent of not being able to go back home . He usually goes to the bar after school as well as other free times to do such activities and by so doing his academic performance reduced drastically. By the effort of his peer group he was able to minimize the intake of alcohol of which he eventually stopped .

  2. Another group of school girls used to walk together back home from school . They all have boyfriends and take in alcohol except one who said she won't . They then started to call her "names". She was never happy walking with them until she eventually stuck to their ways and also begun doing what they do.

As we all know all know the first scenario showed a set of good influence on their group member but for the other set it was rather negative; they rather led her to their bad ways

Based on these scenarios , let's look at the effects of belonging to either a good or a bad peer group.

Importance Of Joining A Good Peer Group

  • Guide and protection against future troubles

  • Help in academic success

  • Increase in image/respect in society

  • Good advices for future benefits

  • And many others ..

Effects Of Joining A Bad Peer Group

  • Wayward behavior

  • School drop-off

  • Teenage pregnancy

  • Loss of image/respect in society

  • Ruining of future opportunities

  • Possible death

It is therefore advisable to mind the people we walk with and make sure we always walk with the right people as to bring out our true self and identity.

Do you know the funny thing , we are always advised by our parents to do so whenever we are moving from home to a different place where they can't be the ones to monitor us but we sometimes refuse leading to something else..

Hope this was worth your time??

Drop your views and additions in the comment section if you want to.. Shout-out to @Sarahmayfor her valuable contribution.

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3 years ago

I have personally experienced being in both crowds. And what kept me from crossing completely to the bad side was the values instilled in me and molded by my parents. I am such blessed for having the guidance of my parents and my good friends. Having a child now, these peer issues actually is one of my fears when my kid grow up. I pray i will be a better parent when time comes.

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That was really nice of your parents but I don't know but most parents are not able to control this

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3 years ago

Sadly, that is true. Young ones are always curious to try new things. Good parents know they cannot control everything for their kids. Guiding them, being there for them, listening to them --- that's all they can do. Praying that when their kids grow up, the love, guidance and values taught to them would help them find real and good friends.

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

I have both peer group, the good and the bad. I always thought sometimes what if we can all be together? Share our thoughts, have fun, play time, movie time, acads and such. But then I realize , they live on their own bubble, I must not let that bubble destroy.

For me its okay to have both as long you know what you were doing. You understand the situation and analyze it. But maybe it depends on the person on what he or she thinks is good or bad for him or her.

Very nice article. I enjoyed reading it😊

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3 years ago

I totally agree with you brother.

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3 years ago

I concur

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3 years ago

Peers sure have strong influence whether good or bad but I think the bad peers have a very fast influence more than good peer and good peers are most times seen as boring

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3 years ago

Nice article.Good peer and bad peer have great impact on eeveryone life.But we have to select good peer.

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