Let’s Talk: How Do You Avoid Peer Pressure?
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Peer pressure comes in many different forms. You might feel it in group situations, or you might have friends who try to get you to do things that make you uneasy, like smoke cigarettes, steal your parents’ prescription medications, cheat on a test, or skip school.
It’s hard to stand up for what you believe when everyone else is pushing something different. It’s hard for adults, and it’s especially hard for teens. So how do you do it—how do you resist peer pressure? What ideas do you have for staying true to you?
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I try to ignore people that try to get me to do things I don’t want to do or I try to look for some new friends
i try to ignore my friends if they are going to say that “it”s fun” I’ll only do what i wanna do i have my own mind.
When someone does that to me I just walk away. Then I will go to other friends and find something else to do.
What I do if someone is pressure me into smoking is that i tell them that i do not wont to smoke it is bad for me and just walk away
Just walk away if you get caught up in a bad situation or try to convince the people that are pressuring you it is bad.
I resist peer pressure by walking away from the person and avoiding them. Leave the person alone if they trying to pressure you to do something.
nothing just walk away or something or teal him or her no not now not ever ok that all and dont do it …
I think peer pressure is when every one else is doing it and they might ask you to join and you do not want to be a cry baby and drop out and then you just do it.
I say no and walk away or if it is at lunch i can tell them it would not be a good idea to do what they were suggesting and I could tell them how much it would harm me and or them
@Steven Boepple Great goals. You may want to see an example of how other musicians who have chosen this path are taking a public stand: http://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/singing-against-drugs-rock-star-super-star-project-part-1/comment-page-1/
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some ppl may do things because they think they are cool..and they will have friends that dont do it and they make try to make you do it because it will make you cool too…but doing something bad doesnt make you cool even if your other friends do it, it just makes you stupid. and if you know its bad but you do it anyway even though you dont want to just say no, it may be hard but its better choice in the end
I resist peer pressure by walking away from the person and avoiding them. Leave the person alone if they trying to pressure you to do something.
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I will just leave the place.
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people just need to lay off its not fair