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Peer Pressure

Ways to overcome teenager peer pressure.
Peer pressure, in terms, means social pressure on somebody to adopt a type of behavior, dress, or attitude in order to be accepted as part of a group. In other words, some teens will make your teen do something that they don't really want to do, for say: sex, drugs, and drinking. Want your teen to not give in?
Steps
1. Sit down with your teen. Talk to he/she or them about the dangers of drinking alcohol. Tell them that they will face peer pressure throughout all their teens and you will not be there to help them when they face it.
2. Show them what can happen. Go online and look up peer pressure and drinking. Show your kid(s) the consequences of alcohol, peer pressure, and binge drinking.
3. Make them understand about the outcome of drinking. Tell them that it could lead to: sexual activity, physical harm, accidents, drunk-driving and a lot of problems that may and could interfere with their personal health.
4. Teach them what can happen. Drinking can cause them to:
o You will look ludicrous. The notion is that drinking is cool, but the nervous system changes that come from drinking alcohol can make people do stupid or awkward things, like throwing up or peeing on themselves. Drinking also gives people bad breath, and no one enjoys a hangover.
o Teen drinkers are more likely to get fat or have health problems, too. One study by the University of Washington found that people who regularly had five or more drinks in a row starting at age 13 were much more likely to be overweight or have high blood pressure by age 24 than their non-drinking peers. People who continue binge drinking well into adulthood risk damaging their organs, such as the liver, heart, and brain.
o Teens who drink put themselves at threat for obvious problems with the law (it's illicit; you can get arrested). Teens who drink are also more possible to get into fights and commit crimes than those who don't....