Global Q&A: ‘Do you feel a lot of peer pressure in your circle?’

Epoch Times reporters from Greece to Russia learned when they asked locals ...

Irini Valatsou, 17, Student, Athens, Greece. Generally, I believe that at this age there is some pressure. I have felt pressure from friends about what I’m going to wear, or what places to go out to, and what people we will hang out with. But I chose to leave, because I felt that I could not be myself. And now I’m with people who have many things in common and accept me for who I really am. But for the most part of my teenage years, I’ve spent with the first group of people. The Epoch Times

Peer pressure often has an element of competition to it, but many strive to react to it in a healthy way and maintain their individual values. This is what Epoch Times reporters from Greece to Russia learned when they asked locals:

“Do you feel a lot of peer pressure in your circle?”

 

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