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peer pressure
what do you do when someone you know is being peer pressured?
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This is a really tough question. I have been giving it some thought since you put it in my inbox, and I must say I am no closer to any great revelation. The only options I can think of is:
1 Talk to the person
2 Talk to a parent or counselor (assuming this is a minor we are talking about)
3 Confront the people doing the peer pressure.
Starting with 1. You have to be really careful here. The person is probably in denial and will react defensively. You have to handle this with a soft touch.
The parent or counselor thing is always an option particularly if the behaviour is very self destructive. If it is, I would defintaly do it for the person's sake.
As for 3, this one depends on who they are and how able you are to handle the conflict. I only listed it because in the single experience I have with peer pressure thats how i handled it. A friend was being pressured (to hard drugs) by someone i knew. I handled it by confronting the person and telling him in no uncertain terms that he would have hell to pay if he did it again. This works much better if you have a 2-1 weight advantage...
Anyway, I know these options are rather straight forward and Im sorry I couldnt be of more help. This is not an area I have much experience with. Best of luck.
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