Creating their own identity, teenagers begin separating themselves from old relationships with their family. So teenage boys begin cringing every time mom fetches them from school or displays affection in public. Mom, on the other hand may feel anger or self-pity, thinking her son is ashamed of her or is being proud.
As adolescents withdraw from their families, so do they begin forming tight bonds with their peers. From their friends they hunger for acceptance. To be accepted, they conform, and the easiest way to do that is to alter their physical appearance. So they go out clutching their cellular phones, wearing their club-kid clothes, and sporting wildly colored hair.
Peer pressure is not necessarily bad. In fact, belonging to a peer group has its benefits. It’s a step in establishing a conscious identity or a sense of self. –Geoge T. Amurao
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