Peers and Peer Pressure

PEERS Someone who is similar to you in

age, grade, gender, or other traits.

Friends, classmates, kids in the neighborhood.

PEERS You care about what other people

think about you. Friends are crucial in learning. Friends are influence in your life.

Peer Pressure Strong influences from people in

a group to make the group members do something.

One of the most difficult aspects of growing up.

Hard to resist. Easy to persuade.

Is all peer pressure negative?

A group of friends are going roller-blading after school. What if………

Positive or Negative-Friends remind each other to wear their

protective pads and helmets.

-One may encourage another to skate on a busy road

Peer Pressure: Positive and Negative

Positive: Doing homework Exercise Playing a game Making right

choices

Negative Taking drugs Misbehavior in

class Stealing Fighting

Making Choices Right :-thinking it through-being positive

Wrong-acting without thinking-being negative

Learn how to say “NO” Be firm and confident! Do not appear to be scared. Make No mean No!

TEST TIME! You see a twenty dollar bill laying on

the ground and don’t know what to do with it. We are going to be influenced by our peers to determine what choice we are going to make.

FUN TIME Positive message line: “You should

give that to the teacher! Don’t keep it, it’s not yours. How would you feel if you lost your money?”

Negative message line: “Go ahead, take it. Finders keepers, losers-weepers. No one is looking, quick pick it up!”

Peer Pressure How did it feel?

Did you feel pressure to act a certain way?

Which was harder to listen to, the positive or negative peer pressure?

Points to Remember:

Peer pressure is when someone tries to influence you to do something.

Peer pressure can be positive or negative.

Hard to resist!

People who can help:

Parents Teachers Principal Counselors Religious advisors Police Telephone hotline

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