Why Parental Pressure is BETTER Than Peer Pressure?

I would generally agree with this sagacious statement that parental pressure is better than peer pressure. Young people have influence of their family because parents determine their children’s further behaviour. Certainly, I would not disagree that friends are the strongest influence on young adults.
All parents push their kids at least a little. It’s part of the job. They stare straight in their baby’s face and say “Mom” or “Dad” over and over to push them to talk. Parents pressure their offspring to be polite, have basic eating manners, be obedient, etc. So, forcing them a little isn’t such a bad thing. Even pushing them to do something better than someone else from time to time can be a good thing. It’s not always about parental bragging rights.

Teen years, it seems, are when aliens come and abduct your adolescent, remove your brain for few years, and return after sometime to replant it. The abduction is swift and thorough, but the implanting can take anywhere from 1 to 10 years. Kids will gravitate towards and be influenced by their peers. This is when they feel insecure at home. When they don’t feel loved, accepted, when they have no boundaries, they reach out to like minded souls. At such circumstances they are easily sucked into harmful situation because they think others are having more fun than they are. Finally they end up getting involved in bad activities due to their peer pressure even if they are not convinced about it. At such situation level of parental pressure is lessened.
Friends have the most powerful effect on young peoples’ attitude to the other members of the society and the world as a whole. At times though bad, that influence may last forever. Parents only want the best for their children. In my opinion, parental pressure is the most substantial factor for development of young adults.
No one knows us better than our parents. No one wants the best for us like our parents. It is natural that we should allow our parents to make important decisions for us. Parents sometimes put some restrictions on their children. They give them a list of do’s and don’ts for their welfare. This is the time when parents are usually conservative above their kids because they do not want then to fall into the wrong crowd.I think that it should be our responsibility to maintain a balanced relationship between our parents and friends. Giving priority to peers over parents might end up landing us in trouble at times. By saying this I should not be wrongly interpreted that friends are always the wrong choice to be consulted but we should be smart enough to understand that who are really bothered about us.

In my opinion parents are the ones who spend their time and money in building their child’s bright future; they try their best to fulfil each and every wish of their child. There are no selfish motives behind such gestures. In return, if we respect them and pay heed to their advice then even our parents could be our best friends for life.