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Article: HealthAmerica Kidshealth Gives Parents Advice on Child's Peer Pressure; How to Respond to ''Everyone's Doing It''.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- August 3, 2006
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PITTSBURGH & HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Parents often feel frustrated and helpless when they hear their child respond, "But everyone's doing it!" Peer pressure can be a tremendous source of anxiety for kids and teens, and almost every family deals with it at one time or another. Peer pressure can be a positive or negative influence on your child, but whichever form it takes, peer pressure often influences the life decisions your child makes.
It can be hard for your child to walk away from peer pressure, but it can be done. HealthAmericaKidshealth.com, an online resource for health information written for parents, kids, and teens, suggests you teach your child these tips ...