Peer+Pressure

=__Peer Pressure__= When you are being pushed to do something you know is wrong or something you dont wan to do it is known as peer pressure.

Why is it a problem for teens?
Peer pressure can lead into doing bad things and/or be harming to yourself or others. When you are under pressure of doing things that you know are bad, sometimes you end up doing it anyway. This could be because the people around you are doing it, or you want people to like you more for doing it. You might know that you dont want to do the things that other people are doing (smoking, drugs, alcohol...) but sometimes those people drag you into it and you end up doing the same things as them.

Why does peer pressure happen?
Peer pressure happens when people want to be like their peers. Sometimes it is the opposite and they just want you to be like them or they want to get you into trouble. When someone is asking you to try something, sometimes its to just get you in trouble. Not because they want to be your friend or for you to be like them, but to make you get into trouble.

**Statistics**!

 * 30% of students are offered drugs in middle and high school.
 * U.S Department of Health and Human Services say that 74.3% of high school students have tried alcohol.
 * According to American Lung Association 3.1 million teenagers smoke.

Who does it affect?
Peer pressure can affect many people of many ages. It can be bad or good peer pressure. Good peer pressure can result in you trying new sports or joining clubs. It really has no affect on you besides trying new things which is a good thing. Bad peer pressure affects the person under it. If you are having someone asking you to try something like drugs it will only effect you.

Age Groups:
Students at the age of 7-9 show very little peer pressure. Students ageing 10-13 are showing the most of peer pressure. Usually peer pressure is with kids around the sam ﻿e age.

Who is at risk with peer pressure?
Who is at risk? Teen life can be hard at many times. Peer pressure can lead into bad health or bad friends. There could be a few people being at risk by peer pressure. The first main person at risk is the person under peer pressure. That person could be going through stress or hard times because of it. The next people who are at risk are the people around you.

Coping Skills:

 * 1) You should chose the people you talk to wisely.
 * 2) If you know where these type of people go or hang out, stay away from there.
 * 3) choose people you have a lot in common with to be your friends.
 * 4) If the people around you are putting you under peer pressure walk away or tell someone.

How you can help with peer pressure:

 * 1) __**Teenagers:**__ Be with the people that care about you in school, good friend[[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFiA9WprU_ckILZzJyzKR2xsX6s8FZI_0FoMep29wBGP35kRlic3YRSCnO2w width="291" height="201" align="right"]]s or family. Be with friends that do the same things you do and like the same things you do.
 * 2) __**Schools:**__ Have a counsler that can help students dealing with peer pressure. Also to have a place that they can go for a while to get away from it all.
 * 3) __**Parents:**__ Talk to your teens and ask them if they are dealing with peer pressure. If they are help them and talk to them about it.

//Romeo// //and// //Juliet//
__**//Lady// //Capulet//** **:**__ Marry, that "marry" is the very theme Icame to talk of. Tell me, daughter Juliet, How stands your dispositions to be married?

__**//Juliet//:**__ It is an honor that i dream not of.

__**//Nurse//:**__ An honor? Where not i thine only nurse, I would say thou hadst sucked wisdom from thy teat.

__**//Lady capulet//:**__ well think of marriage no. younger than you, here in Verona, ladies of esteem, are made already mothers. by my count, I was your mother much upon these years that you are now a maid. thus then in brief; the valiant Paris seeks you for his love.

//In this scene of Romeo and Juliet, Juliets mother is trying to get her to do something that she doesnt want to do. Her mother is trying to get Juliet to marry someone she doesnt even know yet. This is an example of peer pressure in Romeo and// //Juliet.//

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