Influences play a significant role in shaping our children's character, behaviour, values, and overall life.  Peers influence the psycho-social development during childhood and adolescence. When peer groups become the primary source of attachment in a child's life and the child starts to undermine parental influence, we say the child has become "peer-oriented". Peer-oriented children have an increased tendency to distance themselves from parental or adult influence. They even replace parent...

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