Dealing+With+Peer+Pressure

= Dealing With Peer Pressure = Peer pressure is an issue faced by many teenagers on a daily basis. Peer pressure is the time when a person confronts another person and tries to get them to engage in certain activies. Peer pressure can be positve or negative. Pressure to join a club or eat healthier could be considered positive, however, pressure to use drugs or other illegal substances would be negative peer pressure.

= ﻿Romeo And Juliet Quotes = Romeo: //"Give me a torch. I am not for this ambling. Being but heavy, I will bear the light."// Mercutio: //"Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance."// Romeo: //"Not U, believe me. You should have dancing shoes with nimble soles: I have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground I cannot move."// Mercutio: //"You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings and soar with them above a common bound."// Romeo: //"I am too sore enpiercied with his shaft to soar with his light feathers; and so bound I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe. Under love's heavy burden do I sink."// //-Romeo and Juliet,1.3.11-22//

Juliet: "//It is an honor I dream not of."// //...// Lady Capulet: //"Well, think of marriage now. 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 in brief; the valiabt Paris seeks you for his love."// //...// Juliet: //"I'll look to like, if looking liking move; But no more deep shall I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly."// -Romeo and Juliet, 1.3.66,69-74,97-99

Juliet: //"Good father, I beseech you on my knees, Hear me with patience but to speak a word."// Capulet: //"Hang thee, young baggage! Disobdient wretch! I tell the what-get thee to the church a Thursday or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply now, do not answer me! My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest that God had lent us but this only child; But now I see this one is one too much, and that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!"// Nurse: //"God in heaven bless her! You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so."// Capulet: //"And why, my Lady Wisdom? Hold your tongue, Good Prudence. Smatter with your gossips, go!"// Nurse: //"I speak no treason."// Capulet: //"O, God-i-god-en!:// Nurse: //"May not one speak?"// Capulet: //"Peace, you mumbling fool! Utter your gravity o'er a gossip's bowl, for here we need it not."// Lady Capulet: //"You are too hot."// Capulet: //"God's bread! It makes me mad. Day, night; hour, tide, time; work, play; Alone, in company; still my care hath been to have her matched; and having now provided a gentleman of noble parentage, of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly trained, stuffed, as they say, with honorable parts, proportioned as one's thought would wish a man-and then to have a wretched puling fool, a whining mammet, in her fortune's tender, to answer "I'll not wed, I cannot love, I am too young, I pray you pardon me"! But, and you will not wed, I'll pardon you! Graze where you will, you shall not house with me. Look to't, think on't; I do not use to jest. Thursday is near; lay hand on heart, advise: and you be mine, I'll give you to my friend; And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee, Nor what is mine shall never do thee godd. Trust to't. Bethink you. I'll not be forsworn."// Juliet: //"Is there no pity sitting in the clouds that sees into the bottom of my grief? O sweet my mother, cast me not away! Delay this marriage for a month, a week; Or if you do not, make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies."// Lady Capulet: //"Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee."// Romeo and Juliet, 3.5.160-205

= ﻿Why Is It A Problem? = Peer pressure is an issue faced by many teenagers on a daily basis. Peer pressure is the time when a person confronts another person and tries to get them to engage in certain activies. You get sucked into something that you really didn't want to do and then have to face the concequences. = Why Does It Happen? =

Peer Pressure occurs because we want to be liked and accepted. It is hard for us to go against what our friends want us to do. = Who Does It Affect Most? =

Peer pressure affects all ages. A young child will want a new toy simply because one of their friends has it. However, pre-school children tend to be least affected. Pre-teens and teenagers face the most peer pressure issues. After your teenage years, the effects of peer pressure gradually decrease = Who Is At Risk? = Teenagers are most at risk for peer pressure. Statistics show ﻿that 32.2% of teenagers had their first drink before they were 13 years old and marijuana use is up 275% from 1992-1997, largely due to peer pressure. Twenty-five percent of 17 and 18 year-olds smoke regularly and the American Lung Association reports that 3.1 million teenagers smoke. More statistics show that 50% of 12-17 year olds feel pressure to have sex in a relationship. = Coping Skills = Pay attention to how you feel about the situation. You can firmly say no and walk away. Better yet, blame it on your parents by saying "No way, my parents would kill me if they found out." Sometimes it can help to have another person stand up with you and say no. Practicing responses ahead of time can also be very helpful. A response that will almost always work is "I'm fine." Always keep in mind the consequences. If all else fails, talk to a parent, teacher, or school counselor about other ways to prepare yourself for facing peer pressure. = Need Help? =
 * Have a peer say no with you.
 * Talk to a parent, teacher, or counselor.
 * Call Diamond Ranch Academy at 877-372-3200. It is a boarding school that will help kids overcome issues.

= Solutions For Teens =
 * Firmly say no.
 * Blame it on your parents.
 * Find new friends.
 * Practice responses.
 * Suggest alternate activites.
 * Talk to a parent, teacher, or counselor.

= Solutions For Schools =
 * Schools can teach refusal skills and social skills to help combat peer pressure.
 * Be in better communitcation with parents.



= Solutions For Parents = To help teenagers, parents should keep communitcation open. Just keeping an open mind and not judging can help a lot. You should support your child, but encourage them to make good decisions. You also need to pick your battles wisely. If your child is doing something you don't like but isn't doing anything illegal, let it go and save up for a bigger problem. You should know your child's friends and the activites that they participate in. Openly telling your child not to have these friends will not help and may even make them want to be friends with this person even more. However, explaining to your child why you are concerned about the activities of their friends may help keep them away from such activities. Give accurate information about all dangerous activites and explain the risks. This will make your teen less likely to participate in dangerous and illegal activites.

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