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HOW TO DEAL WITH PEER PRESSURE

There are many ways peer pressure can be exerted over you, whether it be from your friends or
even strangers.
Shania Ferguson Teenagers

And also changing their


Peer pressure can be a appearance.
positive or negative thing Peer pressure affects how
in your life. You may feel teens behave, feel, and
like the only kid without the think, infact, it can also
latest and greatest gadget impact their performance.
or trend, so you buy it The best way to avoid peer
even though you don't pressure is to not give in.
really need it. Peer Don't change who you are
pressure is also used or what you like just
negatively to get young because your friends do.
eer pressure can people to try alcohol or and don't let them try to
be a powerful even get in suicidal act. So convince you that
thing. It is very let us get to know more something is cool if it's
important to stand about peer pressure. really not. Remember, your
up to peer pressure, and ------------------------------------ friends don't always know
do what you feel is right, whether it be from your what's best for you. If
even if it means standing friends, families, school or they're giving unwanted
alone. I have provided you even strangers peer advice and pressuring you
with some useful pressure is real, but not into doing things that make
information about peer everyone understands it. you uncomfortable, the
pressure and how to deal It’s important for you to be solution is simple: tell them
able to identify the signs of how their behavior makes
with it.
peer pressure and learn you feel and you don’t
peer pressure is a social agree with them!
how to say no when you
phenomenon that plays a Because you want feel
are being pressured in a
huge role in the lives of accepted and valued by
situation that you don’t
teens, but also affects you peers doesnt mean
agree to. Peer pressure
adults as well. It is the you have to do what they
can take many forms, from
influence applied on do, you are not in this
trying drugs or drinking
someone to do something world to live up to their
alcohol to doing
they would not normally expectations.
dangerous things that
do. there are many ways
could end up hurting you
we can be in contact with
peer pressure.
or others. “Put your feet in
There are some common
signs that someone is the right place
being pressured, including
avoiding spending time
and stand firm”
with family or friends

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