Thursday, March 02, 2006

The pressure teens are dealing with in every days life

Peer pressure is the pressuring of peers to do things that they are not comfortable with.
About 95% of the peer troubling with peer pressure are girls and they are most likely to be pressure by a friend or a boyfriend.
There are many ways a peer can tell if he/she are being pressure, some of which are the Sales Pitch,examples, "everybody's doing it", "we won't get caught", "it's no big deal", "scared", "if you're my friend you'll do this with me", "grow up" etc. But before every Sales Pitch there's The SEll ,example,"hay, i've got an idea...", "do you wanna...". It's very important to look out for these clues.
When persons are being pressured they tense to do alot of things that will put them into trouble but it's the only way to be poppular, example, sneaking out at night, smoking cigarettes/ pots, doing drugs/pills, drinking alcohol, going to off limit parties, stealing etc.
It's very important for us the peers to make the right decisions when being pressured and it's also important to look at the consequences that might come after making that decision.
As a peer it's not easy to avoid the challenges that comes in every days life, but it could help by using at least one of thePeer Pressure Responses (PPR). They are: Say No
Leave
Ignore
Make An excuse
Change The Subject
Make A Joke
Act Shocked
Flattery
A Better Idea
Return A Challange
It's very important for us the peers to not be caught up in Peer Pressure.
Bye.
By the way, i too had to deal with PeerPressure and believe me, the consequences that followed were more than i could have handle, but ,i got through it without a scar. So don't follow my foot steps and do wrong (if you know what i meen), be brave to stand up and say what you know is Right so persons in the same suitation as you could find it easier to say NO.

For more imformation on Peer Pressure go to http://teenadvice.about.com/od/peerpressur1/

2 Comments:

At 11:04 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good for you! You had the courage to take a stand when being different or going against the grain is never easy. Keep listening to your own conscience and heart. They know what is best for you.

 
At 12:33 PM, Blogger ...Samantha* said...

I understand that being popular is a big deal but i want to tell you something that will get you popular guarantee and its risk free:) BE YOURSELF i know you probally don't belive me but its true. Show the world how smart you are! Talk to people no one else wnat to talk too, get through to people when your nice your going to succeed with everytihng you do because if you want to make it to the top don't ignore anyone on the way there,, because if you do when your there who is going to be there with you?

 

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