People of all ages are going to fall to peer pressure, both the good and the bad kind. Yes, there is a good kind of peer pressure, which will enable a person to achieve something better for themselves and possibly for a group. Then there is the bad kind of peer pressure which usually involves getting into some kind of mischief or doing something which one will eventually regret. There are plenty of definitions out there, so I am not going to try and explain all of the types and ways peer pressure exists.

 I just read an article about an interview with Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana, where she says that when she was in middle school that she was ‘told’ (by who?) that she may have ADD or ADHD and goes on to say “If I were in high school now they would most likely tell me I do have one or both of those and put me on some sort of crazy medication.”

Miley probably doesn’t realize what she is saying could have a profound effect on a great many people, especially the young teens that idolize her who may succumb to peer pressure rather easily. “Crazy medication” isn’t what ADHD medication is and it is not for treating “Crazy”. Kids have a lot of terms they use which don’t make a whole lot of sense out of context and most of it is just slang. Granted, but still she could have given a little more thought into what she was saying, before saying it.