Did you hear about the ship that was faulted for damaging a large dock? They said it caused unnecessary pier pressure. (Lame joke, I know – but I’m a dad, so I’m told that makes it okay.) But growing ...

I’m 38 years old with enough invested for traditional retirement. Here’s how positive peer pressure helped me, and can help you, accelerate your retirement savings. Six years ago, I found myself in ...

When we think about peer pressure, we immediately think it is a force ruining our society. Not only can it hurt the victim, but it can also impact the people around us. Peer pressure strongly ...

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 ...

This past weekend, Luke overheard me talking to his best friend's mother. She told me Luke's best friend is no longer wearing pull-ups at night. I never pushed Luke to give up the nighttime pull-ups, ...

High school students are being trained as Positive Peer Influencers (PPI) to mentor middle schoolers on handling peer pressure. The PPI program, a partnership with The Meditation Center and the ...

The Loudon County P3 Club, which stands for Positive Peer Pressure, is going above and beyond to make students feel welcome at school. Students in the club are going from school to school to greet ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS– 16-year olds are now cleared to ...

We’ve all heard the saying “If you show me who your friends are, I can tell you who you are.” When we think of peer pressure, we often think of negative peer pressure, such as convincing a friend to ...

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 ...