1. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
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2. PEER PRESSURE
The pressure to conform to the behaviors of one's peer regardless of values systems established from an early age.
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3. Causes of Peer Pressure in The Cat in the Hat
Absentee parenting– The mother leaves for the day abandoning her young children. Their lack of surprise suggests this is a common occurrence.
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4. An Entertaining Figure Gives Them Attention AND Something “FUN” To Do
He encourages them to do naughty things… and he brings “friends” who all pressure the kids, even when wiser friends object.
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5. Causes of Peer Pressure in the Real World
ABSENT/ UNAVAILABLE PARENTS
“68 percent of children (61 percent of pre-schoolers and 71 percent of school-age children) had all parents working.” (Bianchi)
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6. SOCIAL MEDIA
If parents don’t give their children the attention, love and acceptance [they need] the children will look for it elsewhere.” (Norman)
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“95 percent of teens (12 – 17) use the internet, and 81 percent of them use social media sites. Facebook is by far the most heavily adopted social site, with 94 percent of social media teens reporting they have a profile there.
Twitter was used by only 12% of teens in 2011 but more than doubled that to 26% in Instagram comes in with an impressive third place at 11%. (Sterling)
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7. EFFECTS OF PEER PRESSURE IN The Cat in the Hat
Sally and her brother are convinced to participate in activities such as flying kites in the house, knocking pictures off the wall and staining mother's new polka-dotted gown. All behaviors they would not have done without influence.
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8. EFFECTS OF PEER PRESSURE IN REAL LIFE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
“75 percent of teens said seeing teens partying with alcohol or marijuana on Facebook and other sites encourages other teens to want to party like that,” said Emily Feinstein, a senior policy analyst with CASA (The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University).” (New).
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Regular use of social media sites also increases the risk of teen alcohol use, according to information from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.” (Greenwood)

9. OTHER NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF PEER PRESSURE
“Pressure from peers motivates nearly every type of negative behavior, from unsafe driving to sex to bullying.” (Jacobson).
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The worst way social media pressures tweens and teens is that it normalizes “bad” behavior, says Rosalind Wiseman, parenting educator and author.(Jacobson)

10. Works Cited “.
Bianchi, Suzanne. “New Realities of Working Families” Department of Labor. 5 June 1997.
Greenwood, Beth. “How Can Social Network Sites Affect Teens?” Leaf Group Ltd 2016.
Jacobson, Malia. “Peer Pressure: Why it Seems Worse Than Ever and How to Help Kids Resist It.” August 2013.
A New Breed of Peer Pressure Strikes Teens.”
Norman, Rachel. “The Dangers of Present, But Absent Parenting.” Nov 2016.
Sterling, Norman. “PEW -The Average Teen Has Friends On Facebook.” Third Door Media, 2016
Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat. Penguin Random House Publishing. New York