Feb 21 2009
What Do You Do About Peer Pressure?
Today Garrett and I had one of those heart to heart talks that all parents really don’t want to have, but as a parent it is something that needs to be talked about.
Garrett is having trouble with peer pressure and one of his friends convinced him to go through a previously broken window of the old school building to go into one of the rooms. Garrett didn’t want to go into the room and tried to convince the others to not do it, but they called him “Chicken” and he went in. Later, apparently someone else went into the room and wrote all the children’s names on the chalk board. Because the names were written, the children were called to talk with the principal. The principal believed the children when they told him that they did go into the room, but the window had been broken out before they went in. And, the names were written incorrectly on the chalkboard, so obviously they were not the ones who wrote the names.
Garrett and I discussed how things could have gone differently and how much trouble he could have been in if they had been caught in the building. We also discussed what he could do in the future to not give into peer pressure. I tried several scenarios, but any solutions I had were shot down with, “that wont work”.
So, I began looking for books that may help us and I found some that I think I may purchase. I added them here.
If anyone has any suggestions (other than ‘just say no’) I would love to hear about them! This is a big problem for all pre-teens and teenagers and I know that as a child I gave into peer pressure all the time! This was before “just say no” and before parents really talked with their kids about these things. I feel as though I didn’t do so great with my older kids in this area and I want more than anything to protect Garrett from peer pressure as much as possible.
So, what do you do for your kids to help them with peer pressure?
