Passage 2 Friends or contemporaries(同龄人)are a great influence on the actions，thoughts，and words of young people This influence，known as peer pressure，is quite common among children Why are children so easily affected by what their peers do，think，or say Most of us，children included，feel a strong need to be liked by others We seek acceptance and friendship In order to gain them，we act like our friends，and listen to their advice，whether or not it is helpful Some of us even begin to think like our friends，sometimes at the expense of our own beliefs and values An example that comes to mind is the young person who gets involved with drugs because his peer group is experimenting with them Parents may try to exert pressure to keep him away from drugs，but frequently peer pressure is too great This conflict between being your own person and，at the same time，responding to the pressures of a group remains a problem for young people 36 The passage mainly talks about _____ [