Peer groups consist of individuals of equal age and social status who share social interests. They begin forming at a young age when children make rules for games without parental involvement, allowing them to develop identities separate from their parents. Peer groups provide socialization opportunities outside the family as children engage in different activities with peers than with family. While peer groups can positively support parental values, they can also negatively influence children by pressuring them to adopt norms and views that differ from their parents.

1. PEER GROUPS
 THE AGENT THAT CONSIST OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE EQUAL IN AGE AND SOCIAL
STATUS. THEY ALSO SHARE SOCIAL
INTEREST
 PEER GROUPS BEGIN AT YOUNG AGE
EXAMPLE CAN BE WHEN KIDS SET RULES
OF THE GAME AT THE PLAY GROUNDS
 PARENTS ARE NOT INVOLVED THUS
CHILDREN BEGIN TO DEVELOP IDENTITY
DIFFFRENT FORM THEIR PARENTS AND

2. CONTINUATION
 OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIALISATION SINCE KIDS
ARE USUALLY INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF
ACTIVIES WITH THEIR PEERS THAN THEY DO
WITH THEIR FAMILIES
 SOCIALISATION EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE THE
REALM OF THEIR FAMILY EXAMPLE CAN BE
SHARING SIMILAR INTERESTS WITH PEER GROUP
 VOLUNTEER TO JOIN THIS MEANS THAT PEER
GROUP DO NOT SELECT WHO TO JOIN BUT
PEOPLE THEMSELVES VOLUNTEER

3. CONTINUATION
 GTREAT INFLUENCE IN THE CASE OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NEGLETED BY THEIR
PARENTS
 CAN BE POSITIVE IF THEY SUPPORT THE NORMS
AND VALUE SYSTEMS OF THE PARENTS
 CAN BE NEGATIVE IF THEY EXERT PRESSURE
THAT INFLUENCE THE NORMS, VALUE SYSTEM
AND VIEW OF LIFE NEGATIVELY