Neil Bernstein, a clinical psychologist writes about how to understand peer pressure, sex and talk to teenagers about it. You can read an excerpt from his book, "How to Keep Your Teenagers Out of ...

As I indicated in my Letter to the Editor earlier this week, I am learning the difference between positive and negative peer pressure. I want to be the type of person who does things because of my ...

As much as we talk about helping kids to resist “peer pressure,” it exists. Even for the most self-assured, independent-thinking child, social dynamics and peer relationships are an influence on ...

t Peer pressure affects everyone, not just your teen. t For example, do you keep your yard in perfect condition because everyone else in the neighborhood does? Or do you buy lunch only because ...

Peer pressure can be tough for kids to resist, even if it comes from robots. School-aged children tend to echo the incorrect but unanimous responses of a group of robots to a simple visual task, a new ...

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 ...

To most adults, “peer pressure” conjures images of the bad kids corrupting the good ones — leading them to dangerous or illegal activities. Parents worry that their children will fall into the wrong ...

Economist Robert Frank studies peer pressure and how its power can be leveraged for good. In his new book, “Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work,” Frank explains the idea of “behavioral ...

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 ...

Recent examples of fallen ministries show us that conformity can be dangerous. In the case of every single one of these churches and ministries, we see that though these seemingly “too big to fail” ...