Any teacher who has tried to get an 8th-grader to admit an interest in algebra when his friends find it boring knows how difficult it can be to get students to swim against the tide of social ...

A simple compliment about a haircut revealed just how young peer pressure can begin. One day, I said hello to six-year-old Jennifer. “Hello, Jennifer. I see you have a new haircut.” She quickly ...

The term "peer pressure" is often linked to the experiences of children or teenagers in extreme situations. One University of Texas at Dallas researcher wondered if adults continue to succumb to ...

The Cornell 7 case highlights the dangers of group pressure. Here's what parents can teach kids about peer pressure and ...

Whether solicited or not, we’re all inundated with parenting advice from so many sources. And while much of it is genuinely well-intentioned (including the above comments, which may feel like thinly ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Peer pressure is a common challenge that teenagers face as they navigate through adolescence. It can come in many forms, such as pressure ...

Peer-pressure can make people do bad things. Trying recreational drugs for the first time is often linked to being around peers that use drugs. First time recreational drug users are often led down a ...

In seventh grade, Nathan Maynard joined a gang, hoping it would give him the sense of belonging he lacked at home. But his new friends only led him to make poor decisions, and he was sent to the ...

[While I’m in Ecuador, I’m posting columns and articles that I wrote in the early 2000’s for Tabletalk Magazine, which kindly gave me permission to do this.] The overall topic for this issue was ...

When we think about peer pressure, we immediately think it is a force ruining our society. Not only can it hurt the victim, but it can also impact the people around us. Peer pressure strongly ...