Peer Pressure

Teens need friends and positive peers. How to encourage teen friendships that will help your teenager grow and become a successful person.

While it is true that teens start spending more time with their friends and are influenced by these peers through peer pressure, parents need to remember one simple truth: your teen will never forget the values you have given him. Still, peer pressure is one of the tough issues parents and teenagers need to handle. Learn more about peer pressure...

When teens get involved in risk-taking behaviors such as drug use, truancy or other problem behaviors with a group of friends, you have a negative peer pressure issue. Parents are then faced with a dilemma. Here are some tips that will help.

Tips for parents of teens who are having a hard time in school because of the peer group. Part of an extensive article: 10 School Problems Parents of Teens Face And What to Do About Them.

A study that found teens who argue back, with a real argument to their parents, not whining, have the confidence it takes to stand up to peer pressure as well.

At some point, your child will be offered alcohol. To resist such pressure, teens say they prefer quick "one-liners" that allow them to dodge a drink without making a big scene. Learn more here.

Friends & Peer Pressure FAQ: I don’t like my teen’s friends. What do I do?

Friends & Peer Pressure FAQ, Parents of teens want to know: Why do teenagers give in to peer pressure?

Q&A from our parenting community about friends and how much time should they spend together before peer pressure becomes negative.

Help your teen become accepted by their peers, and avoid negative peer pressure.

Tips to help your preteen dealt with peer pressure when they reach middle school.

The differences between negative and positive peer pressure.

A new federal study found that teenage girls tend to be pressured into drinking by peer pressure more so than boys.

Teens are more likely to choose friends from within their own racial group in moderately racially mixed schools, with this likelihood greatest in schools where diversity is moderately high, according to an analysis of information from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD) Adolescent Health Study.