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As I indicated in my Letter to the Editor earlier this week, I am learning the difference between positive and negative peer pressure. I want to be the type of person who does things because of my ...

We’ve all heard the saying “If you show me who your friends are, I can tell you who you are.” When we think of peer pressure, we often think of negative peer pressure, such as convincing a friend to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS– 16-year olds are now cleared to ...

Neil Bernstein, a clinical psychologist writes about how to understand peer pressure, sex and talk to teenagers about it. You can read an excerpt from his book, "How to Keep Your Teenagers Out of ...

New Hampstead High School senior Promise Cooper's role as a Positive Peer Influencer for the the Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire helped a middle schooler at New Hampstead K-8 School to walk ...

“Positive peer pressure.” That’s how Rep. Ramon Alexander, D-Tallahassee, one of the founders of the Distinguished Young Gentlemen of America (DYG), describes the approach the organization takes ...

The Loudon County P3 Club, which stands for Positive Peer Pressure, is going above and beyond to make students feel welcome at school. Students in the club are going from school to school to greet ...

Did you hear about the ship that was faulted for damaging a large dock? They said it caused unnecessary pier pressure. (Lame joke, I know – but I’m a dad, so I’m told that makes it okay.) But growing ...

Peer Pressure refers to the influence exerted by a person’s peer or people of similar age, states or interests, to adopt certain behaviours, attitude or values. This influence can be direct or ...

BURLINGTON — Parents have been pressuring me to give them some tips to help their children deal with peer pressure. Let me see if I can decompress some of their concerns and provide some information ...