Refusal Skills/Peer Pressure

Your friends were invited over to his Callahan's house. He offers you beer. All of your friends walked out immediately.

• Change the subject

• Strength in number

• Keep saying "NO"

• Cold shoulder

Your friends invited you to drinking party when you where on SNAPCHAT. You replied "Hey anybody want to go to the football game tonight?"

• Walk away

• Cold shoulder

• Strength in number

• Change the subject

At a sleepover your friends are pressuring you to drink alcohol. You continue to refuse despite the peer pressure.

• Surround yourself with good influences

• Give an excuse

• Repeated refusal or saying "NO"

• Avoid the situation

In the bathroom your friend invites you to vape in the bathroom. You tell him you have a cold and don't want to share your germs.

• Make an excuse

• Cold shoulder

• Avoid the situation

• Strength in numbers

1.Your friends want you to go to a party where no parents will be supervising. You decide not to go!

• Say "No Thanks"

• Avoid the situation

• Change the subject

• Strength in numbers

You enter the bathroom an see a group of students sharing a vape pen you immediately turn around and leave.

• Change the subject

• Cold shoulder

• Say "No Thanks!"

• Walk away

Which one of these people best fits your group of peers?

• Your baby sister

• Your soccer coach

• Your favorite aunt

• Your classmate

You should pick your best friends based on:

• How long they've attended school with you

• How popular they are

• How much they can help you

• How closely you share the same values and interests

Why do 14-year-olds face more peer pressure than 8-year-olds?

• 8-year-olds don't have groups of friends; 14-year-olds do

• 8-year-olds spend less time with their friends than 14-year-olds

• 8-year-olds aren't tempted to try risky behaviors; 14-year-olds are

• 8-year-olds go to bed earlier than 14-year-olds

Is all peer pressure negative?

• Yes
• No