Dear KOTN: The Boy Who Cried for Help

Dear KOTN,

My friends are starting to do bad activities like fights, drugs, and even alcohol. They are going to parties  drinking and doing all these things that are not fit for our age. Im totally against it but their

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is all the peer pressure running through my head saying “Come on. It will be fine.” or please just try it! I won't do bad things but I love my friends so that the peer pressure is getting worse and worse. So please KOTN, how do I solve this problem? Just please HELP!!!

From The Boy Who Cried for Help

Dear The Boy Who Cried for Help,

 I am also an 8th grade boy and I have some friends and siblings that do some of those things as well.  If your friends ask you to fight someone do drugs, or alcohol and even parties with alcohol and all the stuff that doesn't fit our age, just tell them no im not going to do drugs or drink alcohol. If there's a party ask them if it involves drugs or alcohol. If it involves drugs and alcohol just tell them no and walk off, and just come up with an excuse, give them an excuse like I have homework or I had other plans tonight. If you don't want to lie to them just tell them no if there's alcohol I am not going with you guys. I hope this helped you!!

Sincerely KOTN