Directory of Peer Pressure Resources

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Peer pressure is when friends or classmates push you to do things you wouldn't ordinarily do. It is common in kids and teens, because they want very much to "fit in" with their group.

Resources in This Category

• Kids Health: Dealing with Peer Pressure

  http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/peer-pressure.html
  Explains what peer pressure is, why people give in, and how you can walk away.

• Peer Pressure - It Isn't All Bad

  http://teenadvice.about.com/library/weekly/qanda/blpeerpressure.htm
  A teenager asks whether it's O.K. to "go along with your friends" at least some of the time. From About.com.

• Peer Pressure and Choices

  http://www.doitnow.org/pages/163.html
  Describes how to think for yourself, in a world where everyone else wants to do it for you. Focuses on drug and alcohol use.

• Sex on the Brain: Peer Pressure

  http://www.iwannaknow.org/teens/relationships/peerpressure.html
  Describes how to handle peer pressure or date pressure when dealing with sex.

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