Peer Pressure

Here you'll find information on how to encourage the positive aspects of peer groups while also coping with any negative influences.

For information about other issues involving young people and their relationships look at the HealthInsite topic pages on Mental Health of Young People or Childhood Problems and Development.

The following sites offers general advice and support:

Updated September 2008

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Title:   Gangs
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Were you in a gang when you were a little kid? Maybe you had a big enough family to be a gang of your own! Maybe you were the 'sand pit' gang, the 'cubby house' gang or the 'skipping rope' gang.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Peer groups (easy read)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   What is a peer group? You, your friends, your class, other people your age. What is peer group pressure? Positive peer group pressure Some people making others feel good or happy.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Peer groups
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Nowadays we often hear about peer groups and how peers influence people. Everyone in the world belongs to a peer group. They are not only for kids. The size of your peer group will vary depending on where you are or whom you are with.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Friends and peers
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Learning how to fit in and make friends is part of growing up, and needs to be balanced with maintaining individuality.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Peer pressure
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Peer groups are groups of friends who are all about the same age. Having a group of friends is an important part of being a teenager. Peer groups can be a very positive influence on a teenager's life, but they can also be a challenge for parents.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Inhalants - sniffing or chuffing
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Inhalants are chemicals that people sniff (or 'choof'). Most of the people who sniff inhalants are young, often under 14 years old, because they are too young to buy alcohol or more expensive drugs. Young people can be very badly harmed by inhalants.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Helping teenagers grow up safely
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Information for parents about the Peer Support Program in primary and high schools; how it encourages children to grow up safe and healthy.
Date:   Feb 1997
Title:   Peer group pressure
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   It is important for kids to feel that they fit in with their peers (other kids in your group or school or neighbourhood). But sometimes you may find yourself doing something because others are doing it, and which makes you feel uncomfortable or not safe.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   I'm no good at sport
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   There are two kinds of sport - organised sport, like belonging to a club or school sports team, and sport that you play with a group of friends at lunchtime or after school.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Stealing - 'borrowing' without permission
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Stealing is taking something that doesn't belong to you. It may be keeping something that you have found without trying to find who owns it.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Peer pressure
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Peer groups are groups of friends of about the same age. Peer groups can be a very positive influence on your teenager's life. On the other hand, they may influence in a way that is undesirable.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Your relationship with your school-age child: what to expect
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to understanding the social, emotional and intellectual devleopment of your school-age child, and what it all means for how you get along together.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Friendships
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   This page outlines why friendships are so important for children with physical disability, some of the common difficulties experienced with friendships and how people around the child can help the child develop healthy friendships.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   'How are babies made?'
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   By the time your child starts school, she'll be hearing about sex from friends. A discussion of ways you can start talking about sex and conception with your child.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Making friends
Publisher:   Headroom (Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide)
Description:   There is no recipe for making friends but here are a few tips that may be useful. Be sure to take the friend quiz and find out how well you really know that person!
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Me as a friend
Publisher:   Headroom (Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide)
Description:   Here's a chance for you to have a go at describing what you are like as a friend. Use the worksheet to create your own Friendship Star.
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Friendship: what I think is important
Publisher:   Headroom (Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide)
Description:   What type of friend do you want? What qualities do you look for? What is important to you?
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Teenagers and drugs
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Many parents worry about whether their teenagers are taking illegal drugs, how they can tell, and what to do about it.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Girlfriends and boyfriends
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When you're a little kid you just play together with other kids. Your best friend could be the same sex as you or not. Some kids have a special boyfriend/girlfriend from an early age. They may be best friends.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Friends
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   A big part of life, some say the most important part, is having people to share things with, people to hang out with, people to talk to, and people to support you when you are going through hard times.
Date:   Nov 2007
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