Peer Pressure

Peers are:

• people about your own age

• your parents

• your teachers

• kids you babysit

True or false: Peer pressure ends after high school

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Peer pressure can happen at any age!

Peer pressure can influence:

• clothing styles

• hairstyles

• taste in music

• all of the above

True or false: Teens can pressure each other without even speaking.

• True

• False

All of the following are examples of body language that can make someone feel excluded EXCEPT:

• hugs

• eye-rolling

• pointing and giggling

• turning away

Personal qualities that can help people resist negative peer pressure include:

• speed and agility

• self-confidence and assertiveness

• nice smile and lustrous hair

Answer explanation

assertiveness= the quality of being confident and not frightened to say what you want or believe