1. Peer Pressure.

2. What is peer pressure? Is it always bad?

3. What kinds of Peer Pressure do young people experience?

4. Types of peer pressure
Negative peer pressure when others encourage you to:
Behave badly
Truant from school
Smoke
Drink
Damage property
Bully
Do risky and dangerous activities such as playing ‘chicken’.
Positive peer pressure is when others encourage you to:
Support others (Buddies).
Behave well
Attend school
Respect others and their property.
Respect yourself and your safety
Are there any others that you can think of?

5. Role play Sue is going to put Suzan under pressure.
Is it positive or negative peer pressure?
How do you think Suzan felt?
How do you know what she is feeling?
What do you think she should do?

6. You have a go.
Choose one from the negative peer pressure list and and put your partner under pressure to have a go. See what it feels like. Swap roles.
Behave badly
Truant from school
Smoke
Drink
Damage property
Bully
Do risky and dangerous activities such as playing ‘chicken’.
What did it feel like?

7. Why do you think people put others under negative peer pressure
Why do you think people put others under negative peer pressure? Who tends to use peer pressure?

8. Being assertive.
What does ‘assertive’ mean?
Sue is going to put Suzan under pressure again.
What did Suzan do differently this time?
How do you think Suzan felt this time?
How did Sue feel?

9. You have a go.
Choose one from the negative peer pressure list and and put your partner under pressure to have a go. BUT this time use the assertiveness technique. See what it feels like. Swap roles.
Behave badly
Truant from school
Smoke
Drink
Damage property
Bully
Do risky and dangerous activities such as playing ‘chicken’.
What did it feel using the assertiveness technique?

10. Any questions?

11. What have you learnt? What will you do if someone tries to make you do something you feel uncomfortable with?