WHAT IS PEER PRESSURE?

• Peer pressure is the influence you feel from a person or group of people to do something you might not otherwise consider doing.

When kids start school, their parents begin to lose the influence they used to have. By the teenage years, peers are the most influential group as teenagers navigate finding an identity and figuring out the roles that they play.

PEER PRESSURE MAINLY AFFECTS TEENAGERS.

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• Experimentation
• Growth
• Desire to fit in
• Maturity

STATISTICS

• According to a publication on peer pressure by Parent Further, only 10 % of the teens surveyed said that they had not been influenced by peer pressure.
• In that same group, 28 % of teens agreed that giving in to peer pressure improved their social standing and nearly half of those surveyed admitted to picking on someone only after a friend picked on that person.
• The importance of friends increases as kids grow

ALTHOUGH PEER PRESSURE ISN'T ALWAYS NEGATIVE...

• Teens are sometimes embarrassed to talk to their parents about certain subjects
• Or they don't want to talk to their parents because they don't want to worry them
• Teens sometimes do not recognize how peer pressure can put them in challenging situations
• Occasionally peer pressure can lead teenagers to hit rock bottom

THE CREATION OF A HOTLINE

• Partner up with an existing hotline
• It can also be for academic pressure or any type of pressure
• We are currently in the process of contacting comporium so we can figure out the cost of the hotline
• A hotline is not in place

BY:

• Evelyn Barrales
• Kierra Belton
• Za'reia Brown
• Jasmine Hicks
• Mya McKinney
• Alisha Mcquiller

SOURCES

• "Statistics on Peer Pressure." LoveToKnow. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2015. Website
• "Does Peer Pressure Highly Influence Students?" Everyday Life. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2015.
• "ReachOut.com." ReachOut Blog RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2015.