y will have to cope with physical abuse, mental and sexual abuse. I have heard of many caseswhere a drunken father will come home from a bar and physically beat his wife and children. Children who witness this kind of abuse will grow up to think that abuse is normal and that it canbe tolerated. Therefore when they grow up they will more than likely have abusive partners or beabusive themselves. Since alcoholism affects not only the abuser but also his children, the pressures of analcoholic parent and school could cause serious obstacles. Many times I have seen parentspressuring their children to be, “perfect”. These parents demand a full list of activities which theirchild must attend and not to mention to get the highest rank of all their class. At times thesestudents can not take anymore pressuring and will rebel. I knew a boy in high school who’smother forced him to be in sports, be a straight A student, and to participate in a various amountof clubs and organizations. All this pressure led for him to rebel against his mother and rebelagainst his teachers. The pressures of good grades, other students and teachers appears unbearable to theteen-ager and consequently he give’s in to misleading students. Peer-pressure, one of the hardestobstacles to overcome occurs when a student is tempted and does what he doesn’t want to do. But because teen-ager’s know what tactics to use when persuading someone to give in, thehelpless youth is easily reeled in like fish reeled in with live bait. Along with peer-pressure I think of gangs and the influence they have among the otherstudents. Gangs have a great amount of power with them. They know just the right thestrategies to get teenagers to do what they say. Whether if it is to leave someone’s girlfriendalone or if it to convince someone to join their gang. Gangs and the peer pressure brought on bygangs is a huge problem that our society&#...
