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Robert Ehrlich: “We have wonderful parents in this country and most parents do a wonderful job. We have peer pressure in this country on…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
We have wonderful parents in this country and most parents do a wonderful job. We have peer pressure in this country on the other side. But the fact is parents and coaches and politicians cannot go with kids when they go out on Friday night and they are with their friends. That is really the troublesome time. That is the time that these kids need to make the right decision. One bad decision out of a million could end them up on the wrong side of the street.
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Robert Ehrlich
Maryland
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Discussing the challenges children face with peer pressure and decision-making.

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