PEER PRESSURE
It’s not just about…
A Peer Might Be…
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A friend
A classmate
A teammate
Anyone your own age
What is Peer Pressure?
• It is when your “peers” try to get you to do something that they
want you to do.
• It can be positive or negative.
• It can be spoken or unspoken.
• It can occur in school, in the neighborhood, and during sports or
activities.
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Positive Peer Pressure Is…
• When a peer encourages us to make a healthy choice or
motivates us to do or be our “best”.
• Examples-Being nice
-Not smoking
-Being honest
-Joining a team
-Being a good student
-Using manners
-Facing a fear
-Trying something new
Negative Peer Pressure Is…
• When it encourages you to get into trouble and go against what
you believe in.
• It might result in you doing something that does not fit with
what your “sense” of what is right and wrong.
• Examples-Fashion sense
-Cheating
-Bullying
-Misbehaving on bus
-Having girl/boy friend
-BRAINSTORM
Negative Peer Pressure Sounds Like…
Negative Peer Pressure Feels…
LONELY
SCARED
GUILTY
SAD
DISAPPOINTED
REGRETFUL
INCLUDED
LOVED
DESPERATE
MORE…
How Do Kids Communicate Messages of Peer
Pressure?
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Giggling
Talking about other kids
Using put-downs
Ganging up on someone
Starting rumors
Excluding kids
Laughing at someone