Think back to high school for a moment. Was there ever a time you can remember that your parents/caregiver said you couldn't hang out with someone because they were a bad influence? Well, your parents may have knew more than you once thought.
Peers actually do have a great influence over us! I myself can think of a few times when I hadn't planned on ever doing anything I wasn't supposed to, but my friends made me think it was the greatest idea ever....right. Those "great ideas" led to my getting grounded! Now if I had only listened when my parents told me not to hang out with that certain someone....
I love that you blogged about this. I'm actually going through a similar thing with my younger sister right now. She's hanging out with a boy who she's date/not dated for about a year now and my parents just think he is a really bad influence. Now if only we could get her to understand what we mean by "stay away from that boy!"
Thanks for sharing this experience!