Parents of tweens need to start early and be aware of the signs of adolescent substance abuse to help them make responsible choices as they age. Raising tweens and teens is fraught with challenges. Gone are the days when you could fix a problem by offering a snack or kissing a bruise. Young adults face […]
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Teaching Teens About Alcohol: How to Start the Conversation
Teaching teens about alcohol can be tough. There’s a lot to cover, and it’s important parents start the conversation early before it becomes a problem later. It’s often easier said than done. What can parents do to teach their teens about alcohol? How do they start the conversation? Keep kids engaged? We know it can […]
Positive Peer Pressure — Four Ways Teens Can Hold Each Other Accountable
When it comes to underage drinking, “peer pressure” often has a negative connotation. In fact, 75 percent of teenagers admit to participating in activities like partying and underage drinking because they see their peers on social media doing similar things. For many teens, “fitting in” is more important than making the right decision. But what […]
Peer Pressure Facts: 5 Reasons Teens Try Alcohol
If you have a teenager, there’s a good chance they may try alcohol sometime before they are of legal drinking age. Nearly 20 percent of 8th graders and more than half of 12th graders have admitted to consuming alcohol in the past month. But why do they do it? There’s no uniform answer to this […]
Resistance is Not Futile: 9 Ways to Resist Peer Pressure
Peer pressure is a dynamic social force that encourages the alignment to certain behaviors, values, and beliefs, dictated by the individual or group. Adolescents experience peer pressure as particularly powerful, considering it is thought to be the most impressionable age of influence. When you feel like you’re being pressured to do something that you’d rather […]
What are the 6 Types of Peer Pressure?
Peer pressure, or influence, comes in several forms, and these types of peer pressure can have a tremendous impact on a young person’s behavior. Research shows the most impressionable age for peer influence seems to be the middle school years. This is when a child is forming new friendships and choosing an identity among those […]