PEER PRESSURE QUOTES II

quotations about peer pressure

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Peer pressure is not a monolithic force that presses adolescents into the same mold.... Adolescents generally choose friends whose values, attitudes, tastes, and families are similar to their own. In short, good kids rarely go bad because of their friends.

LAURENCE STEINBERG

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Peer pressure is a tricky thing. The very human desire to be accepted or, at the very least, to avoid being marginalized can deeply skew our perception of ourselves and the world around us.

BRYAN HYDE

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Anybody who has never been mocked for their fashion sense never had any, and it is those who never dared step out of the peer pressure of their tiny world who do most mocking.

TONY CROSSLEY

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Learning to effectively express your dissent when your peers are making a mistake is a business skill.

LARRY MYLER

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Kids ... can get to the point where they feel peer pressure that isn't even there simply because of how they see themselves.

WALT MUELLER

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While trying new things is cool and encouraged, peer pressure is a dangerous part of the college social scene. I'm not going to argue on either side of drinking and other substances here -- different strokes for different folks -- but nobody should feel like they have to make decisions that they're not 100 percent comfortable with in order to fit in.

CHAPMAN W. CROSKELL

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Do not ever give in to peer pressure. It is a terrible thing. Whether it is for friends, drugs or sex, peer pressure is bad and can be difficult to resist. However, I say to you: Do not do anything you would be afraid to admit to your parents.

LEBOHANG MOTLOUNG

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Since no one enjoys losing friends or being cast out of his own circle, peer pressure--especially during the years of adolescence--is an almost irresistible force.

BILLY GRAHAM

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Folks who peer pressure others are most likely used to getting their own way, so they may be taken aback when you stand your ground and simply ask, "Why?" They probably don't want to be found out as a sneaky manipulator, so they might back down, leaving you to decide your own destiny.

PHOEBE WALLER

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Peer pressure is a cliché phrase these days, but it's still a reality. Children wonder how to make their way in the world and look to family, friends, media, and culture for answers. They explore various aspects of their personalities and try on other people's behaviors. It's not uncommon for kids to lose themselves in the process in order to be liked and feel accepted.

DAN LOVAGLIA

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There are so many things a man is only pressured into liking or disliking.

CRISS JAMI

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How you handle peer pressure -- the pressure your children feel as well as the pressure you feel -- in the early years will play a significant role in how your children handle peer pressure when they become adolescents.

KEVIN LEMAN

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The tendency to succumb to peer pressure, even when you know you're making the wrong decision, comes from a fear of being shunned by those we know or love. We don't want to be teased, judged, or even ostracized for breaking from the popular sentiment, so we go along. We perceive that if we object or dissent, they may not welcome and respect us as they did before.

LARRY MYLER

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The main consequence of saying no to negative peer pressure is not just withstanding "the heat of the moment," as most adults think. Rather, it is coping with a sense of exclusion as others engage in the behavior and leave the adolescent increasingly alone. It is the loss of the shared experience. Further, the sense of exclusion remains whenever the group later recounts what happened. This feeling of loneliness then becomes pervasive but carries an easy solution -- go along with the crowd.

MICHAEL RIERA

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The people in the popular group say there is no peer pressure because they are at the top of the food chain. Really what they are doing is just eating away at everybody else.

LAUREN GREENFIELD

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Somehow we get the feeling that when you become an adult, peer pressure is not that big of a deal. But it is, and it gets even worse. You get pressure from your peers in the neighborhood. You get pressure from your peers in church. You get pressure from your peers at work, as well as other social environments. You're catching it from all directions.

PHILLIP BROWN

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Peer pressure can work in positive as well as negative ways, and individual success is often the result of a community of support.

PHILIP HOY

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The alter ego of negative peer pressure is ... drum roll, please ... positive peer pressure! It's true, this awful annoyance does have a brighter side that is not only prettier, but also helpful and productive.

HILARY CHERNISS & SARA JANE SLUKE

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Most literature on the culture of adolescence focuses on peer pressure as a negative force. Warnings about the "wrong crowd" read like tornado alerts in parent manuals.... It is a relative term that means different things in different places. In Fort Wayne, for example, the wrong crowd meant hanging out with liberal Democrats. In Connecticut, it meant kids who weren't planning to get a Ph.D. from Yale.

MARY KAY BLAKELY

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When a child sees herself through the prism of her peer group, the resulting self image can be distorted.

ALEXANDRA ROBBINS

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