Teen advice: How to resist peer pressure 37 Articles

by Linda Ann Nickerson

Everyone's doing it! Whatever "it" is, do you feel like you have to participate? Why? Are you a people-pleaser? How much do you care about what others think about you? Of course, it is important to care about people,...read more

by Casey Clay

At some point in everyone's life they experience a feeling that they just don't fit in anywhere. This is a natural part of the growing up process. Even adults sometimes feel that they don't belong where they are. The gr...read more

by Mona Gallagher

Every teen wants to fit in. Belonging is a basic desire of all human beings, from infancy and all throughout life. To be set apart from the crowd is lonely and heartbreaking especially in the teen years when personal ident...read more

by Lyndsey B

Making decisions can be a hard and challenging process especially as a teen so the last thing you need or want is the added pressure from your peers forcing you into doing something your just not comfortable with. As we al...read more

by Paul Lines

You are only cool and part of the gang if you are wearing the latest sports shirt or designer trainers. How many times have we heard these reasons being used when the teenager wants the most expensive item of clothing in t...read more

by Barbara Kasey Smith

Don't Allow A Peer To Con You The morning dew hangs to my toes like glue sealing an envelope. I've waited days for this enormous event. We're having our yearly get together at the County Fair which is held over in the...read more

by A. South

I didn't really know what to expect when Ben asked me if I wanted to hang out after school. I especially didn't expect to spend the afternoon sitting in the school parking lot with Ben and his friends as they passed aroun...read more

by R.S. Collier

You've probably heard your parents tell you over and over again, that "just because your friends do it, doesn't mean you have to." Well, I hate to break it to you, but sometimes they are right. I know, I know, I've lost ...read more

by Zoe Ellison

Resisting peer pressure is probably the toughest issue that teens face. From drugs and drinking to cheating in class and what clothes to wear, teens experience peer pressure in a wide variety of choices. It's not just the ...read more

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by Olivia Bredbenner

Picture this, it is the end of your school day,you are surrounded by other friends of your age,that are in a united group,sharing all the interesting stories of the day. Maybe,laughing about the funny thing that happened t...read more

by Trisha Lewis

Teens face peer pressure every day. Its just the way of growing up and learning of what is right and what is wrong. Peer pressure can be pressed on by many of people and they want you to get in on what they call, "fun" ...read more

by Kris Laurentz

Peer pressure happens to everyone, from toddler stage into adulthood. It is very difficult to resist it, but it is not impossible. Speaking about teen peer pressure, there are several things you can do to resist it. F...read more

by Joan Liu

The teen years are not just about acne and relationships and school related stress, it's about finding your own identity. However, some find that to be the most difficult challenge of all. Everybody wants to fit in, an...read more

by Ana Armendarez

When I was growing up I didn't have too much of a problem with peer pressure, but there is a good reason for that. I felt I didn't have to compete with anyone for anything, I was shy, yet I had my friends. I was satisfied ...read more

by Magu Nguru

I like always advice teenagers to remember this cardinal rule; never sacrifice your whole future because of 6 years that you will grow out off. Unfortunately, too many of them fail to heed this advice and end up doing thin...read more

by Lacy Enderson

Resisting peer pressure begins with developing a powerful self concept; how important are you. Students who fail to resist peer pressure suffer from low self esteem and a need to be accepted. Resisting peer pressure begins...read more

by Jay O'Toole

The pervasiveness of the social mantra "Urge youth to resist peer pressure!" is in itself...peer pressure! The fact that the teen years are a time of social upheaval in no way minimizes the fact that the very adu...read more

by Jaalah Dupont

Some of the best advice I have for teens to resist peer pressure is "How would you explain why doing X is wrong even though you did it?" Face it, if you're going to have a kid someday, they're going to know you smoked pot,...read more

by Can Tran

I have learned that peer pressure is basically everywhere. In a sense, peer pressure tends to make a person lose his/her identity as it's very evident in high school. High school is basically the place where you go out t...read more

by Frances Ruocco

Peer Pressure, is it good for us or bad for us? The answer to that question is what the end result will be as a result of that peer pressure. If a group of your friends are suggesting that all of you as a group should stu...read more