This change in morals may stem from movies, peer pressure or something else entirely, but to effectively find a way to end gang violence, we must dig deeper and find exactly what factors are causing the loss of morality in these young one's to begin with. The forces of the media, an individual's home environment, and peer pressure/acceptance are three possible negative effects on one's morals that could later lead to youth gang membership. ... One last factor that forces kids to join a gang is peer pressure/acceptance. ... They pressure others to join by promising them that th...

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School uniforms should be required for all schools because school uniform makes students' lives simpler and stress free, makes students disciplined and focused on their studies with less peer pressure, develops unity and equality among the students which results in less violence, and gives students an opportunity through which they can express themselves in a unique way. ... Secondly, school uniform constructs an atmosphere where students can practice discipline, focus on their studies and stay away from peer pressure. According to a survey, principals of schools that have school uniform...

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The monitoring and searching of students, community efforts, and the attitudes of students" peers are three possible solutions for school violence. ... Most importantly, the stopping of school violence begins with students" peers. ... It is becoming more important than ever for teens and pre-teens to use a little bit of common sense when relating to their peers. ... Monitoring and searching on school grounds, community programs to teach parenting skills, and teaching young people how to deal with negative peer pressure are three suggestions that could be solutions for school violence. ...

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Also, peer pressure causes the child to do things they might not really want to do, but they do it to fit in or be cool. Drugs and Alcohol use affects juveniles themselves which leads to higher crime; this is the major cause of peer pressure. ...

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Second generation immigrants face many problems when assimilating into mainstream American culture because they are constantly pressured by parents, peers and conflicts that arise with fitting into American culture while retaining traditional customs. ... The second generation is usually pressured by parents to strive and become American while also holding on to their family's homeland culture. ... Parents usually want the best for their children, but frequently fail to recognize the pressures of growing up. ... In making attempts to fulfill both the roles they play when around parents...

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It is greatly affected by our friends, family, outside pressure, and media; and is closely related to self-esteem (NEDA.) ... Not only are we, the consumers, are being affected by the media, but the effects it has on us affects our peers and family members affect us as well. ... For boys, they have a social pressure to me unrealistically muscular which would end in crash dieting, binging, over-eating, the use of steriods, bulimia, and anorexia. For girls, the pressure is to be unrealistically thin which can result in anorexia, bulimia, and spending too much time working out. ... Show all the...

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Several of the teens admitted that they were lonely, they lacked self-esteem, peer pressure, absent parents, single mothers, sexual and physical abuse, drugs, and a lack of a father figure. ... Also they are less likely than their peers to become self-sufficient adults. ... When parental influences are low, peer influences are high. ... A school- based sex education program that focused on the development of skills needed to resist a social and peer pressure to initiate sexual activity encouraged younger teens to postpone sexual intercourse. ...

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Teenagers wanting acceptance and tolerance from their peers find those qualities in gang membership. Violence is modeled, encouraged and rewarded by these strong peer groups. ... The influences of drugs and peer pressures within gangs have impaired good judgment. ... They include: peer pressure, need for respect and attention, feelings of low self-worth, early childhood abuse or neglect, exposure to violence in the home, in the community and in the media, and easy access to weapons. ...

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To ensure the safety of our children, sexual education should be taught at a young age, by qualified professionals; not by peers, media, or parents . ... The alternative sources where the youth of America gets information about sex and sexuality is often their peers. ... In the book Sex Education as Human Relationships Ramsey points out, "Approximately 90 percent of the first information that boys receive is acquired from male companions (peers) or their own experience"" (5). ... In Atlanta, Georgia, peers of African-American eighth graders help to understand the social and peer pressur...

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It can create an emotional crisis resulting in feelings of shame and fear, and it may appear that you will crumble under pressures in your environment. ... Foster youth are more likely to experience teenage pregnancy than their peers in the general population, but staying in care seems to mitigate their risk of becoming pregnant even after the effects of other factors are taken into account. ...

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Americans work too many hours in comparison to their peers around the world. ... As reported by International Business Time, American workers also aren't guaranteed a paid day off if they or their family members get sick, unlike in other developed peers as Luxembourg, Norway or Germany, also The U.S. - based Center for Economic and Policy Research revealed in May that nearly one in four working Americans doesn't receive any paid vacation. ... I can ensure that no one can work effectively when they are too addicted to work, stress and pressure will stop them....

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Thirty-three million Americans - five and a half million children - are mired in poverty, living in a hell from which there is no escape, and it is all the fault of the wealthy citizens. Or is it? Any look at the poverty in America will show a reasonable reader that the facts say otherwise. While a ...

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Corporations are finding more awareness pressure from different sources against wrongful procedures. In many situations, market and public pressures are the main reason companies or organizations launch codes for internal control. ... The Canadian Chemical Producers' Association has articulated eight "Ps" for encouraging compliance with its "Responsible Care Program": Public involvement, Pulling together, Peer pressure, Performance measurement, Public accountability, Payback, Partnership, Pride. ...

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Unfortunately in America, being beautiful means having the perfect body, and this has turned into an obsession that has been perpetuated by the media and societal pressures. ... Often times these pressures come from society itself. ...

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The aim of group counseling is to develop positive peer pressure that will influence its members. ... Often if a peer proposes a solution it carries more weight than if the counselor were to suggest it. ...

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If children feel that this is entertaining, they may encourage violence among their peers since it's fun to watch. ... Smoking and substance abuse is also regularly shown on television, which adds to the preexisting issue of peer pressure in the lives of our teens. ...

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Other teens smoke pot because they are curious or because of peer pressure. ... "Columbia University has found that kids that smoke marijuana are 85 times more likely to use cocaine than non marijuana smoking peers (Newsweek 2)." ...

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Through the eighteen years I have lived on this earth, I have analyzed a number of reasons that may have contributed to the creation of the entity I am today. I have really never given myself credit for my efforts and am in a state of perpetual denial of my academic stability. I have been told I pos...

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Supporters say encouraging students to wear uniforms can promote peer acceptance as well as school support and pride. ... Uniforms furthermore can ease the strain on low-income families who are pressured by their children because they want to fit in at school. ... The uniform is a convenient mechanism for discouraging today's youth to be their own person and not conform to social pressure. ...

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The primary theme of the social and learning theory is that delinquency is learned through peer group interactions. ... Another study found by high school, 25% of students fear victimization by their peers. ... It uses readings and role-plays to focus on violence and the related problem of social rejection by peers. ... The possibility of moving an aggressive child can pressure a child to improve. ...

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Some of these problems include anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, aggression, and not being able to get along with their peers. ... Children who do not know when to use the right emotions in certain situations may even become aggressive when being around their peers. ... A child living in poverty is under a lot of stress at that age, and that causes him or her to act out with their peers. ...

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So you would think that the plus size models would help a person improve their body image, and reduce the pressure society puts on an individual to be thin, yet this is not the case. ... Modern society and a person's peers are not the only source of pressure to be thin, many times a person's (mainly children and young adults) parents influence then to lose weight. ...

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Long before school shootings hit the public consciousness, parents were motivated by a desire to limit unwanted peer influences like drugs, alcohol, and premarital sex. Home schooling offers the guarantee of an environment free from the threats of rape and the pressures to use drugs. ...

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"So what will it be, Dan? Cheerios and Chaucer? Or an illegal party at your prep school pool with your high-society girlfriend and her nasty cohorts?" his friend Vanessa probes. Dan hollers to his father in the next room that he and Vanessa are heading out for the evening. As the two Brooklynites jo...

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To strip this term down to its bare essentials, it simply refers to the way a soldier conducts himself/herself and is viewed by peers, seniors, subordinates, and any non-military personnel. ... This will also show that U.S. military soldiers have discipline: discipline enough to remain calm and rational under the stresses and pressures of combat. ... In doing so at all times, it becomes easier for soldiers to remain level headed when under pressure and fatigued; to remain calm during combat and in the face of danger. ...

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