“Try it! Come on…,” said Sid. Sid is a 15-year-old, class 9 student, who everybody thinks is super cool, owing to his fancy home, and toys. He, and three other boys were coaxing and taunting their ...

Author Tina Rosenberg realized that while our common conception of peer pressure is negative, it can be used to drive people to improve their own behavior. When you think peer pressure, you think ...

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 ...

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 ...

A mathematician has calculated how peer pressure influences society. Professor Ernesto Estrada, of the University of Strathclyde's Department of Mathematics and Statistics, examined the effect of ...

Peer pressure has always been a part of childhood but in today’s world it takes many new forms. From wanting to own the latest gadgets to comparing lifestyles such as arriving at school in an ...

t Peer pressure affects everyone, not just your teen. t For example, do you keep your yard in perfect condition because everyone else in the neighborhood does? Or do you buy lunch only because ...

As much as we talk about helping kids to resist “peer pressure,” it exists. Even for the most self-assured, independent-thinking child, social dynamics and peer relationships are an influence on ...

There is little doubt that our collective history of racial inequality influences all aspects of our society, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the criminal justice system. As the ...

Recent examples of fallen ministries show us that conformity can be dangerous. In the case of every single one of these churches and ministries, we see that though these seemingly “too big to fail” ...

Dan Rollman, the founder of the fantastically quirky Universal Record Database, specializes in finding pleasure in the inane. These aren’t your ordinary, run-of-the-mill records. Current favorites on ...