PEER PRESSURE

DEFINITION
1. PEER
  1. Someone in your own age group
2. PRESSURE
  1. Feeling that you're being pushed
3. PEER PRESSURE
  1. Act of pressuring others to do something they don't want
  2. Pressure by a peer group that inflicts social pressure on somebody
KINDS
1. POSITIVE
  1. Act compassionately
2. NEGATIVE
  1. Negative pressure that concerns others
CAUSES
1. EXTERNAL
  1. Media
  2. Family
  3. Expectations
2. INTERNAL
  1. Low self-esteem
EFFECTS
1. Depression
2. Confusion
3. Arrest
4. Drug addiction
5. Fear and frustation
6. Automobile accident
OVERCOME
1. Resist
2. Don't be fooled by moral relativism
3. Carefully choosing friends
4. Parents' teaching
  1. shield children
  2. at very young age
  3. support new positive friendships
5. Say 'NO' by asking others to walk in your shoes
6. Say 'NO' by showing what needs to be done for a 'YES'
  1. don't give in
7. Say firm 'NO' politely
  1. go by the rules
  2. avoid the source
  3. flee from the sources
  4. prepare to pay the price

Resource summary

	Created by padepahhh about 9 years ago