Today children can say goodbye to their youth. Starting at age 12, tweens, the term coined for children between childhood and adolescence, begin to face the cruel world of reality: drugs, sex, alcohol and violence. At 12, the world should be perfect. Instead the world is completely different. Children are too exposed to the dangers the world has to offer at an early age due to their surroundings. Due to the influence of peer pressure, parents, and of course, the relentless media, today's children face problems at a young age that can potentially lead to serious long-term complications. Everyone does it, right? Wrong. Peer pressure occurs when a child does something they don't want to do due to pressure from friends. All children experience peer pressure and sooner or later give in. Fortunately, most children do not “experiment” with drugs, sex, alcohol and violence. Even though most children do not engage in these activities, there are still some who do and try to pressure other children to do what they want....
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