Peer Pressure and Resisting It
Understand peer pressure — the influence friends and peers can have on your choices and behaviour — and develop strategies for resisting pressure to do something they know is wrong or that makes them uncomfortable
Lesson
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“Peer Pressure and Resisting It means naming peer pressure and practising simple ways to resist unsafe or wrong pressure. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
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- Cards: peer pressure meaning, uncomfortable/wrong, resist strategies, trusted adult
- Choice practice card
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Peer pressure influences choices. If it feels wrong or uncomfortable, say no, leave, or tell a trusted adult.
Optional challenge. For Peer Pressure and Resisting It, add leaving the situation.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: meaning + resist move; support used. This session samples peer pressure skills, not mastery of social life.
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Peer Pressure and Resisting It means naming peer pressure and practising simple ways to resist unsafe or wrong pressure. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes defining peer pressure and rehearsing one resist phrase, then checking a fresh scenario.
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Peer Pressure
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Peer Pressure supports Peer Pressure and Resisting It. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- Define peer pressure in their own words and give a real-world example
- Describe at least two strategies for resisting peer pressure, such as walking away or using humour
- Explain why going along with something wrong to fit in usually makes things worse
“If your child's friends dare them to do something risky or unkind — like shoplifting a sweet or posting an embarrassing photo of someone — can they resist the pressure and explain why they won't do it?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Responsible Decision-Making
- Age range
- Ages 8–13
Standards