Obedience
...y hard time. I find it the hardest to make a decision when I am being pushed in opposite directions by different groups. My parents think I should go to bed so I can wake up for school while my friends think I should hang out with them later. Everyone is faced with these kind of decisions every day. When you are a certain age your parents can't make you do anything and so you are forced to make your own decision. Many kids feel they must hang out late so they are not made fun of by their peers. They do not make decisions on facts but rather on feelings. Someone making their decision on facts would have factored in: when their earliest class is, how much homework they have, how much sleep they need to be a productive student, etc. A person that is counting on a group to make decisions will have a harder time determining what the "right" thing to do is. Most children start out morally sound but ditch their morals when trying to gain acceptance with a certain crowd. Studies show that "peer pressure" is one of the biggest factors in whether a child will experiment with harmful substances or not. Though the kids know these substances are bad and may harm their bodies, they feel they must use them to gain acceptance. Because the kids are in a very awkward time in their lives, they want to feel normal by having their personality defined by a group. At a young age we are taught to be obedient. We are punished if we do not do what our mothers say. This is so parents can keep control of their children. Children are not mature enough to make their own decisions so we have someone else do it for them. Children are not capable of making decisions for their futures. They make all decisions based on what they want at the time. When a child becomes more mature, hopefully he will have the ability to make his own decisions and not rely on a parent. A child's parents make decisions they hope the child will make in the future. They are essentially teaching the children how to make decisions. When a person reaches a certain maturity level, there are fewer incidents where a group influences their decisions. There are people who despite their age, are always looking for someone to take orders from. These people have other psychological problems that prevent them from maturing past a pre-teen level. A good example of a person like that is Charles Ng. Charles Ng committed multiple murders while taking orders from his partner Leonard Lake. Ng's lawyer's claimed he was not responsible for the murders because he was simply a tool of Leonard Lake. The only crime Ng committed was want...