BURLINGTON — Parents have been pressuring me to give them some tips to help their children deal with peer pressure. Let me see if I can decompress some of their concerns and provide some information ...

We’ve all heard the saying “If you show me who your friends are, I can tell you who you are.” When we think of peer pressure, we often think of negative peer pressure, such as convincing a friend to ...

The recent controversy surrounding bullying at Cedar Creek School has served to illustrate the dark side of peer pressure, and left many parents wondering what they can do to help protect their own ...

One of the most difficult aspects of the COVID pandemic for children and adolescents was disruptions in their peer relationships. With stay-at-home orders in place early in the pandemic, virtual or ...

The teenage years are a complex interplay of parental guidance and peer influence. Parents establish the bedrock of values and support, but as adolescents seek autonomy, their friends play an ...

Analysis by a team from Drexel University found that firefighters may shun safety gear due to the pressure of living up to their risk-taker image. Jennifer Taylor, PhD, associate professor in Drexel’s ...

Peers have a paradoxical influence on each other's educational decisions. On one hand, students are prone to conform to each other's ambitious educational decisions and, on the other hand, are ...

Our neighbors, friends, and loved ones are the first people we turn to for help, advice, even a cup of sugar sometimes. A new report from Generation180 finds they also play a key role in whether we ...