Handling Peer Pressure (Character Education (Chelsea House))

Peer pressure can cause people to avoid making different friends, follow trends without thinking, try to achieve an impossible look, not take school seriously, and let anger turn to violence. This book examines peer pressure, where it comes from, and how to beat it - and tells the stories of some remarkable people who did. Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 Ch 1: Peer Pressure in the Real World......Page 14 Ch 2: Popularity Game......Page 23 Ch 3: The Pressure to Fit In......Page 34 Ch 4: Conforming to a Look......Page 46 Ch 5: Fanning the Flames of Anger......Page 56 Ch 6: Under the Pressure on the Classroom......Page 72 Ch 7: Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Other Drugs......Page 83 Ch 8: Overcoming Peer Pressure......Page 90 Glossary......Page 97 Bibliography......Page 99 Further Resources......Page 107 Picture Credits......Page 108 Index......Page 109 About the Author and Consultants......Page 113 Discusses how to handle various forms of peer pressure at school, at work, and in society, covering conformity and popularity issues with teens, and topics related to fashion; racism; violence; and cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs Peer pressure in the real world The popularity game The pressure to fit in Conforming to a look Fanning the flames of anger Under pressure in the classroom Cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs Overcoming peer pressure.