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	Dealing With Peer Pressure
		For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them, your soccer friend might try to convince you to be mean to another player and never pass her the ball, or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift with him.
		Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids may make fun of them if they don't go along with the group.
		For example, positive peer pressure can be used to pressure bullies into acting better toward other kids.
	www.kidshealth.org /kid/feeling/friend/peer_pressure.html (821 words)

	Peer pressure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peer pressure comprises a set of group dynamics whereby a group of people in which one feels comfortable may override the personal habits, individual moral inhibitions or idiosyncratic desires to impose a group norm of attitudes or behaviors.
		Peer pressure appears also in some professions, one example often given is about financial analysts that tend to have common opinions and tend to privilege buy recommendations.
		The phrase Peer Pressure often carries a negative connotation, in particular as it relates to adolescents being persuaded to partake in potentially behavior disapproved of by parents, such as drug and alcohol use, and skipping school.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peer_pressure (954 words)

	Peer Pressure
		Peer pres~ sure then is nothing more than people your age pressuring you to think a certain way, act a certain way, or do a certain thing.
		Peer pressure is for any age group, but because of underconfidence and desperation for approval, teenagers are often less resistant to peer pressure.
		Peer pressure has negative connotations because teens seem to have a knack for coming up with very harmful and negative things to pressure each other into doing.
	www.ylcf.org /newattitude/1-4/peer-pressure.htm (3349 words)

	Peer pressure Encyclopedia of Psychology - Find Articles
		Peer pressure occurs when the individual experiences implicit or explicit persuasion, sometimes amounting to coercion, to adopt similar values, beliefs, and goals, or to participate in the same activities as those in the peer group.
		The influence of peer pressure is usually addressed in relation to the relative influence of the family on an individual.
		Peer pressure is strongly associated with level of academic success, drug and substance use, and gender role conformity.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0005/ai_2699000579 (730 words)

	Peer Pressure Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence - Find Articles
		Peer pressure occurs when the individual experiences implicit or explicit persuasion, sometimes amounting to coercion, to adopt similar values, beliefs, and goals, or to participate in the same activities as those in the peer group.
		The influence of peer pressure is usually addressed in relation to the relative influence of the family on an individual.
		In situations where decisions might be made about peer pressure, parents who are hesitant to discourage their children's independence and individuality often send vague messages or no message at all to the child about their perspective on the matter.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2602/is_0004/ai_2602000426?lstpn=search_sampler&lstpc=search&lstpr=external&lstprs=other&lstwid=1&lstwn=search_results&lstwp=body_middle (1031 words)

	Dealing With Peer Pressure
		For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them, your soccer friend might try to convince you to be mean to another player and never pass her the ball, or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift with him.
		Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids may make fun of them if they don't go along with the group.
		For example, positive peer pressure can be used to pressure bullies into acting better toward other kids.
	kidshealth.org /kid/feeling/friend/peer_pressure.html (821 words)

	Peer Pressure
		Peer pressure is when "friends" persuade you to doing something that you do not want to do.
		Good peer pressure, on the other hand, is being pushed into something that you didn't have the courage to do or just didn't cross your mind to do.
		Good peer pressure can also be a situation when your friends convince you not to do something you were going to do because it wasn't in your best interest.
	library.thinkquest.org /3354/Resource_Center/Virtual_Library/Peer_Pressure/peer.htm (1131 words)

	Food for Thought - Mental Health Issues - PEER PRESSURE
		Well first we have to define what the word 'peer' is. A peer can be anyone that you look up to or a peer is someone who you would think is an equal in age or ability.
		Well, peer pressure is when somebody you know persuades you to do something that you would not normally consider when you're alone.
		Peer pressure from others is good when someone, for example, pressures you into reading a book they and others enjoyed and you did also after reading the book.
	www.headroom.net.au /lounge/peer.html (736 words)

	Peer Pressure
		Peers encourage you to work hard to get the solo in the concert, help you study, listen and support you when you're upset or troubled, and empathize with you when they've experienced similar difficulties.
		Peer pressure can influence a person to do something that is relatively harmless — or something that has more serious consequences.
		Responding to peer pressure is part of human nature — but some people are more likely to give in, and others are better able to resist and stand their ground.
	kidshealth.org /teen/your_mind/relationships/peer_pressure.html (1812 words)

	breakmyface.com ~ Peer Pressure
		Peer Pressure set forth some rules for their songs: "Songs could never be more than three minutes long with 2:14 the optimum time.
		Peer Pressure's EP label artwork reflected a fascination with generics long before Flipper or PiL put such musings into wider circulation.
		Peer Pressure also recorded a blazing version of Eve of Destruction along with "Cash In" and "Excitemint" (sic) for an EP originally slated for release BEFORE their 1980 EP.
	www.breakmyface.com /bands/peerpressure.html (2355 words)

	Peer Influence and Peer Relationships
		Peers sway a child's interest in smoking, drinking as early as 6th grade ~ Young people's attitude toward smoking and drinking may develop as early as sixth grade and is greatly influenced by friends.
		Secrets To Help Your Kids Handle Peer Pressure ~ How parents can best help their children develop the judgment necessary to determine when it is beneficial to go with the flow and when it is critical to walk away.
		With peers, teens can be both connected and independent, as they break away from their parents' images of them and develop identities of their own.
	www.focusas.com /PeerInfluence.html (1670 words)

	TEEN'S HELP - Peer Pressure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Peer pressure can happen when you are influenced to do something you usually would not do, pressured into something in which you know that is morally wrong or illegal, or stopped from doing something we would like to do.
		Peer pressure may sometimes be a positive influence in you life and help to challenge or motivate you to better yourself.
		But, also remember that peer pressure may also result in you doing stuff that may not fit with your sense of what is right and wrong.
	www.teenshelp.faithweb.com /peer.html (665 words)

	Putting a Positive Spin on Peer Pressure - TeacherVision.com
		However, while we're used to thinking of peer pressure as something negative, it often has the potential to be a powerfully positive force.
		Peer pressure: social pressure from members of your group to accept certain beliefs or act in certain ways in order to be accepted.
		In the spirit of the subject (peer pressure), make it clear that all answers are acceptable – students are not allowed to laugh or make negative responses to others' answers.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /classroom-management/peer-counseling/4737.html (606 words)

	Peer Pressure
		Peer Pressures of High School Glaring down at the reddish glow coming from the tip of the cigarette, I found out that I was in a peer pressure situation.
		Peer pressure was not impossible to resist in high school.
		Peer pressure cannot be totally avoided, but staying away from situations where you know a peer pressure situation will occur, will help your odds.
	www.freeessays.cc /db/43/svn251.shtml (591 words)

	Peer Pressure
		Peers encourage you to work hard to get the solo in the concert, help you study, listen and support you when you're upset or troubled, and empathize with you when they've experienced similar difficulties.
		Peer pressure can influence a person to do something that is relatively harmless — or something that has more serious consequences.
		Responding to peer pressure is part of human nature — but some people are more likely to give in, and others are better able to resist and stand their ground.
	www.kidshealth.org /teen/your_mind/problems/peer_pressure.html (1814 words)

	Sex and peer pressure - TV News - MSNBC.com
		I find that when most parents think of peer pressure they imagine variations on the type of situation where a bunch of teens are drinking or smoking something while one abstainer is being taunted that “everyone’s doing it.” This is only one way in which peer pressure can exert itself.
		Peer pressure usually depends on the kind of peer group your child hangs out with—or the one she aspires to.
		This undesirable peer pressure to do something that places a teen in danger or is hurtful to others is definitely cause for concern.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6867362 (1814 words)

	Anointed Youth Ministries - Articles - Peer Pressure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Peer-pressure is pressures from friends, family and co-workers to conform to their way of living.
		If someone pressures you to lie, to steal, smoke or do something against what your parents and what the word of God says on a regular basis, then you are to stay away from them.
		In his passage Joseph is being pressured by his master’s wife to do something with her that is against his master’s rules and forbidden by God.
	anointedyouth.org /info/articles/peerpressure.htm (1025 words)

	.:: CPYU \| The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding -The pressure's on::.
		But peer pressure rears its ugly head when our children and teens begin to test and evaluate the values we have worked hard to instill by lining themselves up with many of the dangerous values espoused by our rapidly changing culture.
		Peer pressure turns its head and snarls at us when the children we love compromise what we’ve taught them about God’s will and way in order to go with the flow.
		You see, back then, peer pressure usually took the form of a verbal invitation to come and participate in some behavior that both you and the person inviting you to do it knew was wrong.
	www.cpyu.org /Page.aspx?id=84711 (1680 words)

	Peer Pressure - Teen Issues
		Peer pressure is a part of life for everyone, but it can be an especially strong influence during the teen years when peers are very important to a teen's identity.
		Negative peer pressure is when teens feel pressured to do something they know is wrong, such as smoking, drinking, doing drugs, or stealing, or something they don't want to do such as cutting class or having sex.
		Negative peer pressure will remain a part of a teen's life into adulthood, which is why it is important for teens to learn how to deal with it.
	www.teenhelp.com /teen-issues/peer-pressure.html (1296 words)

	www.iwannaknow.org \| Sex on the Brain - Peer Pressure
		Your "peers" are people of your age and social group-your friends, schoolmates and maybe co-workers and neighbors.
		So, put together, "peer pressure" means a push coming from the people you tend to hang out with.
		Peer pressure is always tough to deal with, especially when it comes to sex.
	www.iwannaknow.org /brain2/peerpressure.html (752 words)

	Peer Pressure and the Submitter (Muslim)Youth-How to handle Peer pressure? causes of Peer Pressure-Quranic stand on ...
		Peer pressure is as old as the creation of human beings.
		While peer pressure, even in a small circle of friends, happens because the majority agrees on doing something that contradicts the moral value of the minority, it is exactly what the Quran describes.
		Most of those who fall for peer pressure are insecure youth who lack self confidence, who are ignorant with their religion, and have such a weak faith that the great values given in the scripture are never on their minds.
	www.submission.org /teenagers/peer.html (1480 words)

	Peer Pressure
		Peer pressure is a big problem if it means that children are doing something they don’t really want to do.
		But peer pressure can also help –; if there are children who can listen to you, who you can talk to and get help from then peer pressure can be a positive thing.
		We learnt that peer pressure is something that always seems to have been around.
	www.la21.org.uk /cp2002/pressure.html (732 words)

	Peer Pressure
		Leslie Kaplan states that young people and their parents both often use the idea of peer pressure to (1) explain away tee behavior, and (2) sometimes as an easy excuse for teens doing things they know they should not be doing.
		Peer pressure influences teens' wardrobes, their music, their leisure activities, and their choice of friends.
		Peer pressure is a very important part of the adolescent's life and people must recognize this so our youth can be steered in the right direction.
	www.mc.maricopa.edu /dept/d46/psy/dev/Fall99/peer_pressure/index.html (1917 words)

	Rise Above Peer Pressure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pressure to conform is especially powerful when we are young.
		She didn't bow to peer pressure, even when it weighed heavily on her.
		Many young people wonder why they cave in to peer pressure: "I don't understand myself, the way I give in to something that my peer group is doing which I know isn't good, but which I have trouble resisting.
	www.ucgstp.org /lit/vt/ym03/pressure.htm (1888 words)

	Peer Pressure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While pressure from many sources bombards them, at this age peer pressure is a major influence in their lives – pressure often involving decisions about whether to use drugs and alcohol, become sexually active, or drop out of school.
		Parents need to understand that positive peer pressure serves a welcome purpose – even so, a teen does need help resisting pressures that are contrary to the family’s values.
		Teenagers who are unsure of themselves and want to be accepted are much more likely to give in to negative peer pressure than those who have plenty of confidence.
	www.mbmspta.com /peer_pressure.htm (333 words)

	Peer Pressure & Choices
		We'll also talk about peer pressure and discuss how you can say "no" -- if and when you need to -- in a way that gets heard and respected.
		That way, you won't have to be someone who says "yes" when you mean "no," and spend the rest of your life in therapy, wondering why no one understands you and waiting for your 50-minute "hour" of therapy to be up.
		Peer pressure isn't always (or even usually) the obvious stuff they show in TV commercials.
	www.doitnow.org /pages/163.html (1234 words)

	Peer pressure - Better Health Channel.
		Peer groups are groups of friends who are all about the same age.
		This may be because of their behaviour or because of some more serious risk (such as members of the peer group using alcohol or other drugs, skipping school, shoplifting or vandalising property).
		Peer groups can be a very positive influence on your teenager’s life, but they can also be a challenge for parents.
	www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au /bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Peer_pressure?OpenDocument (791 words)

	Peer Pressure
		The pressure to conform is so strong that people are afraid to be different in any way at all.
		The pressure to conform is the greatest during adolescence.
		This is peer pressure, going against what you know is right, just to fit in.
	www.thedoorcounseling.com /peer_pressure.htm (2274 words)

	Peer Pressure
		A few listens to a tape of the Peer Pressure EP told us this HAD to be a high school band.
		Teen Therapy Some teenagers give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked Peer pressure is a part of almost all children's lives.
		The term 'peer pressure' describes the effect that a group of might be the pressure from the peer group to engage in Offers advice and information.
	www.mental-health-insights.com /peerpressure (423 words)

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