Listen: 25: Peer pressures related to sex initiation | Basics of Sex

ByMichael Ukwuma October 29, 2020

Teens and peer pressure are a common combination, with peer pressure statisticsshowingthat when teens’ friends ask them to smoke or drink, they are more likely to do so. One peer pressure definitiondescribesit as occurring when a teen does something he or she normally wouldn’t do to fit in with friends.

While peer pressure can be negative and influence a teen toabuse drugsoralcohol, it can also be positive. Different forms of peer pressure can affect teens in varying ways.

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