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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

High school students are being trained as Positive Peer Influencers (PPI) to mentor middle schoolers on handling peer pressure. The PPI program, a partnership with The Meditation Center and the ...

Peer pressure is often painted as a teenage problem, but the truth is it follows us through different stages of life. From deciding which stream to choose till where to take admission after school, to ...

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 ...