Teens spend a lot of time on the internet. New research shows that peer pressure has followed them there, and in some cases, ...

Peer pressure isn't what it used to be — a new study has found more teens feel pressured to be online than they do to smoke, vape, ditch class and even drink. The poll of 2,000 American children aged ...

When I was a child, one of the things that upset me the most was watching friends be mean to other kids—whether it was a classmate they didn’t like or someone who was just going about their day being ...

Last year, our older son, Jacob, was tested for the gifted program at his school. At the time, he didn’t fully understand why he was being pulled from class. My husband and I never explained to him ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BURLINGTON — Parents have been pressuring me to give them some tips to help their children deal with peer pressure. Let me see if ...

This past weekend, Luke overheard me talking to his best friend's mother. She told me Luke's best friend is no longer wearing pull-ups at night. I never pushed Luke to give up the nighttime pull-ups, ...

Peer pressure insidiously shapes the lives of young people but it is not always the dramatic, negative influence that we imagine from cautionary tales. Sometimes, peer pressure is simply passing on a ...

Peer Pressure refers to the influence exerted by a person’s peer or people of similar age, states or interests, to adopt certain behaviours, attitude or values. This influence can be direct or ...

Social media trends and peer pressure can be a dangerous combination to your children and their friends, especially when involving misusing medicines. One social media trend relying on peer pressure ...

What many commentators describe as an addiction is actually a powerful social norm at work. The distinction matters. Read About How Hotels Get You To Reuse Towels. Everyone’s Doing It Researchers have ...