The recent controversy surrounding bullying at Cedar Creek School has served to illustrate the dark side of peer pressure, and left many parents wondering what they can do to help protect their own ...

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 ...

Neil Bernstein, a clinical psychologist writes about how to understand peer pressure, sex and talk to teenagers about it. You can read an excerpt from his book, "How to Keep Your Teenagers Out of ...

DR. WALLACE: As the parent of two teenagers, I'm constantly worried about my teens potentially succumbing to peer pressure. I've heard horror stories from other parents who explained that they had a ...

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 ...

Is it possible to make the world a better place by applying a new paradigm to the age-old concept called “peer pressure”? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tina Rosenberg and publisher W.W. Norton are ...

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 ...

Economist Robert Frank studies peer pressure and how its power can be leveraged for good. In his new book, “Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work,” Frank explains the idea of “behavioral ...

The teen years are no picnic — for your child or for you as a parent. There are hormones, school pressure and mood swings — and perhaps the largest looming of them all: Peer pressure. Will your ...

The bane of many parents’ existence, peer pressure, is a topic I am often asked to address. “He just got in with the wrong crowd.” “She is just under the influence of that dirt-bag boyfriend.” Or, ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Broward County Public Schools held a rally at Dillard High School to help students stand up to negative peer pressure. The district brought over 2,000 students to the ...