5 Ways To Help Your Child Deal With Peer Pressure In School
Problem #4: The need to conform
Explain to your child: That friends can be different
“The whole problem arises because kids are mind fed that ‘choices’ and ‘opinions’ of friends must be the same”, says Margaret, 45, who is a student counselor and has dealt with innumerable peer pressure cases. You have to explain to your child that friends can be poles apart in terms of their likes but still be the best of friends. Most of the steam of peer pressure gets built up mainly because of this.
Problem #5: Your child is with the wrong circle of friends
Explain to your child: How he/she could find friends with like minded interests
“I wish I’d realized that my child had a wrong fit with his friends in school. Not that they were bad kids. It’s just that they had very different backgrounds and interest. No wonder poor Stephanie felt all that peer pressure”, says Stephanie’s mom. “The day she found like minded friends, she was light as a feather”, she concludes. Point well noted.
You can feel the pain of your child if he/she is under peer pressure, can’t you? Whenever you see your child taking any decision because of being pressurized and not by himself/herself, nab the problem right then and there.
