Peer pressure strongly shapes how young people eat, sleep, exercise and experiment. Mental health experts explain warning ...

As I indicated in my Letter to the Editor earlier this week, I am learning the difference between positive and negative peer pressure. I want to be the type of person who does things because of my ...

We’ve all heard the saying “If you show me who your friends are, I can tell you who you are.” When we think of peer pressure, we often think of negative peer pressure, such as convincing a friend to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS– 16-year olds are now cleared to ...

The phone call came about because the junior camp took a day trip to Dorney Park. Since a number of 17-year-old Jason's friends are CITs, he planned a Dorney trip himself to meet up with them. I told ...

New Hampstead High School senior Promise Cooper's role as a Positive Peer Influencer for the the Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire helped a middle schooler at New Hampstead K-8 School to walk ...

Still in its early stages, the Defiance County Drug Free Coalition is working with high schools in the county to reduce alcohol and drug consumption within the student population by incorporating ...

When we think about peer pressure, we immediately think it is a force ruining our society. Not only can it hurt the victim, but it can also impact the people around us. Peer pressure strongly ...

The Loudon County P3 Club, which stands for Positive Peer Pressure, is going above and beyond to make students feel welcome at school. Students in the club are going from school to school to greet ...

High school students are being trained as Positive Peer Influencers (PPI) to mentor middle schoolers on handling peer pressure. The PPI program, a partnership with The Meditation Center and the ...

BURLINGTON — Parents have been pressuring me to give them some tips to help their children deal with peer pressure. Let me see if I can decompress some of their concerns and provide some information ...

Did you hear about the ship that was faulted for damaging a large dock? They said it caused unnecessary pier pressure. (Lame joke, I know – but I’m a dad, so I’m told that makes it okay.) But growing ...