Growing up is never easy. As children take their first steps away from the safety net of their home and their parents, and into the wider world of school, friends and extracurricular activities, they have to quickly learn to adjust and adapt. For the first time, they must seek the approval of not just their family, but also their friends and their social circle. Their choices now begin to be governed not just by what they want, but what the other children they interact with expect from them. This pressure to conform to the attitudes, values and behaviors of other children – who may either belong to your child’s social group or may be part of a group that your child aspires to belong to – is known as peer pressure.
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