As children move into early adolescence they grow and develop, and involvement with their peers and the need for peer identification increases. (Lingren, 1995) Adolescence is both an exciting and challenging time in our lives, a time which may also be challenging for parents and teachers. (Teen advice?, 1996) For the first time, in adolescence, a child becomes introduced to the world outside the home and may not even want to be seen with parents. (Kassin by …showed first 75 words of 1120 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1120 total…Fishbein said, “may choose friends who have the same beliefs.”(Kass, 1999) During adolescence, peers play a large part in a young person’s life and typically replace family as the center of a teen’s social and leisure activities. But teenagers have various peer relationships, and they interact with many peer groups. Often “peer cultures” have different values and norms. Thus, the adult perception of peers as a “united front of dangerous influence” is inaccurate.