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Article: Good parenting helps with peer pressure
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- Call & Post
- Article date:
- November 18, 2004
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A new school year has begun and our teenagers are dealing with new challenges and making new friends. These friends become their peer group; relationships that will help your child become an individual, develop their own interests, and build self-confidence while moving toward independence. With new friends comes new peer pressures, both positive and negative, but how our teens deal with these pressures depends on the guidance they receive from us.
Peers help motivate and pressure each other to perform well in a variety of ways, such as in academics or athletics. While this type of peer pressure can be positive, negative peer pressure can lead to bad decisions, often resulting in acting out ...