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Understanding peer obsession among teens 6 Articles

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    by Dana Toutloff

    Peer obsession, I understand it because I lived it. We all did to one degree or another. Some handled it better, or so it seemed. And yes, it's all about being liked, accepted by others, especially those who are thought of...read more

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    by Susan Buchanan

    My 15 year old daughter is obsessed with all the whispers, taunts and outright catty remarks slung at her in her in her high school hallways. I find myself wondering, almost on a daily basis, why the obsession with all thi...read more

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    by Samantha Davis

    Giving teens their space is an important aspect to allowing them to become individual, self reliant adults. As the teenagers begin to spread their wings - most exceptionally during the last year of high school and the fir...read more

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    by Toni Scandlyn

    Peer obsession begins long before the teens; it just seems to climax at that point. The moment a child enters school, they are constantly compared to one another whether it be blatant or subtle. It begins with grades; gr...read more

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    by David M. Day

    Do you remember being in the lunchroom when you were in high school? At one table you had the athletes. The future models and actresses clustered together at another table and so on. All of the students divided themselves ...read more

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    by Suraj Rai

    Understanding peer obsession- by a teenager Whatever most teenagers do its in groups, teenagers will feel better about themselves within groups. Nobody likes being on their own especially at the point in your life that ...read more

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