We make decisions every day, some are harder than others, but the decisions we make have an outcome on our lives. Decision making becomes harder when the ones around us try to influence on our decisions. I recognize that the hardest stage of my life was puberty, dealing with peer pressure and bullying from “my friends.” In order to avoid the bullying and rejection from my friends I hide facts about my mother being overprotective, her age compared to their mothers’, and the bullying that resulted from my mother’s action.
My mother and I were the only ones that we had in our lives until I was ten years old, resulting in my mother becoming overprotective. I was born in a poor family where she was everything I had. She always tried to find a ways to bring money to the house by working on any job she could find to make ends meet. By that time I had seen my father a few times and those times were nothing nice. I did not like that my mother wanted to take me everywhere including school, parties, or trips because friends my age had more freedom. I was already in sixth grade and I felt that I should be more independent and start getting things done on my own just like my friends. Puberty was the hardest stage in my life because it made me realize my internal conflicts and changes in my behavior. My friends played a big role in driving me to make some poor decisions throughout my life. My friends would tell me to discuss with my mother that I can go to school by myself and that she