Should i kiss him because of peer pressure?
You can't give in to peer pressure. What if that guy sitting next to you asks you to take drugs next? Kiss your boyfriend if you and him are both ready to take the relationship a step further. There's no set age or time you have to or can't kiss somebody. When you're both ready, there's this perfect magical moment, and it'll just happen--no planning, no conflicts...just wait. ^_^ good luck!!
Adults: did you feel peer pressure when you were a teenager?
Can you please fill out this survey for me? I need to do this paper for health with my parents but neither are home and its due tomorrow so I'm just gonna ask you guys: 1. When you were a teenager, was there peer pressure? In what areass? (school, clothes, drinking, dating ,etc) 2. At what age do you remember being most worried about what your friends though of you? 3. How did you resist peer pressure when you were a teenager? 4. What was your most embarassing moment when you were a teenager? Thanks so much!
What is the difference between "going with the flow" and "peer pressure"?
I have two different answers:=1= When it happens, there’s no real difference between “going with the flow” and “peer pressure”. It’s what happens later that distinguishes the two.If everything turns out well, you were just going with the flow. But if it turns out bad, you must have been pushed into doing it against your will by peer pressure.=2= You always have a choice. Sometimes you’re lazy and don’t really care, or perhaps you take the time to analyze the potential results and don’t see a lot of difference between them. So you simply do what everyone else is doing or whatever seems appropriate in the situation. This would be going with the flow.Sometimes one of the choices has obviously bad potential results. You would not normally choose it, but when you also consider how other people will treat you depending on your choice, the good choice is then certain to be bad, while the bad choice might be good. You then choose in order to avoid the certain bad result. Adding unreasonable importance to what you think people will think of you is submitting to peer pressure.In some ways it’s a lot like problem gamblers. Suppose you have most of this month’s rent, but not all. You can choose to:pay what you have, apologize, and explain that you’ll pay the rest next week.place a bet with the money, hoping to win enough to cover the rent (and perhaps more).The first choice is certain to produce a bad result.The second choice could turn out good or bad. If it turns out bad, you won’t have money to pay the rent, so you feel it’s not really different from the first case. The second choice is equivalent to self-inflicted peer pressure. You see good and bad but no shades of grey between them. You are trying to make sure that the best that could happen is as good as possible. You have a rosy outlook on life, but bad things keep happening to you anyway.If you were more objective, you would see the choice as between the certainty of paying most of the rent or the possibly of not paying any rent. You are trying to make sure that the worst that could happen is as good as possible. You have a pessimistic outlook, but life generally keeps getting better for you anyway.These are two very different outlooks on life. Choose wisely.
How do I handle peer pressure? Is there any way to overcome this pressure and focus on what I want to do?
I think first step to handle peer pressure is to acknowledge and accept that it exists.Lets not live in a bubble and accept that everyday thousands of young bright minds fall into a dark place because they think . they are not 'good enough'.What is 'good enough' really?I'm bewildered by our society,by our education system where we live in our little cocoons and place those same cocoons on their kids.The sad part is education is perceived as competition! Its not, its about learning.Its okay to not be first every single time.I apologize for my rant but the reason I brought this up is because ultimately peer pressure is due to combination of all the above factors.How does anyone handle peer pressure?There are always two ways to look at thingsGet melodramatic and feel sorry for yourself,this is the safer option and you don't have to do much,it comes naturally.Just smile and deal with shit.This takes some effort but the rewards are quite good and you know how we always go gaga about rewards.I'd advice the latter,its not easy but if everything were easy the word 'easy' wouldn't exist.Stop judging yourself by comparing with others,you are more than that,you are so many things they aren't!Its okay to not be the best!Focus on what you do and not others,that's the secret to happiness.If anything use this peer pressure as a driving force , sometimes the best form of defence is attack.When someone attacks you with sword ,use that same sword to attack them.The best results are achieved by not those who have everything but by those who use everything they've got.There's always a good side to everything,well almost everything.Peer pressure keeps you on your toes.Its not such bad thing at all sometimes.You've just got to see the bright side of everything,that's life.Thanks for the A2A Seema Ma'am :)
Peer pressure of smoking weed? help?
You should be prepared to have the time of your lifeeeee, but you might cough a lot at first, which sucks..but getting high is awesome. I've smoked weed but only after I did loads and loads of research about it. I get straight A's and am captain of my volleyball team. Turns out that its the least harmful drug, even less harmful than alcohol and tobacco. It actually has some health benefits. As long as you don't become a pot head then you have nothing to worry about. Weed is not even physically addicting.It's a great stress reliever. Its an experience I think you should have, just be careful and dont get caughtttt. To cover it up you should probaly go home when the effects wear off, and bring chewing gum (preferably minty flavor) to get rid of the smell of weed in your breath, bring body spray to spray all over your self..and bring money to buy food..everything tastes soooo good when you're high. :) GOOD LUCK.
Why do people give in to peer pressure, and how do you resist it?
Because they want to fit in.They want to be accepted.They don’t want to be different.They don’t want to be left out.They don’t want to be labelled as a party pooper, kill joy, and boring.It’s hard to resist your friends when everyone is doing it, except you. You’re afraid that if you don’t do as what they’ve wanted you to do, you’ll be left out. You want to be accepted by other people and the only way for it to happen is to follow what they do.Choose your friends. If you say no and explained why but they still force you, it means that they don’t respect you.Good friends will respect your decision, knowing that you have a valid reason for declining their offer.We are easily influenced by people who sorround us. Keep in mind that just because everyone does it, doesn’t mean you should.You don’t have to always go with the flow, it’s okay to be different.It’s okay to have your own direction.
How do you feel about peer pressure and crime?
I dont think they are directly related. The relationship I see is as a result of peer presure from someone pressuring someone to try drugs or something could lead to a crime eventually like stealing for money etc which is a indirect relationship.
Peer pressure or conformity?
If they try and force you to do what they do, it's "peer pressure". If you follow their lead by your own decision, it's "conformity". Either way you'd be a sheep.
Why do teenager have peer pressure by their own friends??
Becaue teenagers ostracize--and taunt, and bully--other teenagers who are not like them. So people respond to peer pressure to stay in the popular group, and out of fear of being left out and teased.