BY: MATTHEW LEE, JESSICA LUU, CALEB TRAN, AND EVELYN TJHAI

1. 2.
Types of Friends Pure Pressure and Refusal Skills

3. 4.
Dating and Setting Limits Responsible Decisions
 PLATONIC
FRIENDSHIPS
A friendship with a member of the CLOSE
opposite gender in which there is
affection, but the two people are not FRIENDSHIPS
considered a couple Close friends have strong emotional
ties and feel comfortable sharing their
thoughts, experiences and feelings

CASUAL
FRIENDSHIPS
A relationship between peers who share
something in common
When choosing friends look for friends
that would...

➔ Reinforce your values

➔ Motivate you
➔ Support you emotionally
➔ Encourage you to make
responsible decisions
➔ Acknowledge your
accomplishments
➔ Respect you
POSITIVE INFLUENCES NEGATIVE INFLUENCES
BASED ON CLIQUES BASED ON CLIQUES
Being apart of a clique Clique members
could provide a sense exclude others by
of belonging stereotyping and
prejudicial actions

CLIQUE
A small circle of
friends, usually with
similar background
tastes, who exclude
people viewed as
outsiders
 What is
What is pure pressure? What are refusal skills?
Harassment?

The influence Communication strategies

Persistently annoying that can help you to say no
people your
others. to behaviors that are
age may have
unhealthy.
on you.
Peer pressure is the influence that
people your age may have on you

POSITIVE PEER PRESSURE

➔ Encourage you to do good for
people/community
➔ Peers who do not participate in risky
behavior can have a positive influence
on you
➔ You can use positive peer pressure to
influence others in healthful ways

RESISTING NEGATIVE PEER PRESSURE

NEGATIVE PEER PRESSURE
➔ Sometimes peer pressure can take part in
bad behaviors that can lead to negative
consequences
➔ Can lead to harassment
➔ May manipulate you
➔ Refusing to use alcohol, tobacco, drugs,
etc. could promote your overall health
➔ Try to avoid negative peer pressure
➔ Remain firm and true to yourself
➔ Respect yourself, stand by your values,
and be assertive in your refusal
1.
Assertive means to stand up for
yourself in a positive way. This kind of
communication is effective when
talking to a negative peer.
2.
Refusal skills is important when
someone is peer pressuring you into
doing unsafe tasks or things that go
against your values.
Definitions

Curfew- set time at which you must be home at

night

Passion- feeling of fondness for someone

Infatuation- exaggerated feelings of passion

for another person develops
Dating is an opportunity to
develop communication skills and
interacting with a person you have
affection for, like someone you
can see building a future with.
However, even before you think
about dating make sure you know
that you aren’t mixing up
infatuation with genuine affection
which is like a friendship. When
dating you usually express
affection by holding hands,
hugging, and even just spending
time together.
 Every year teenagers make
more safe and responsible
choices until marriage.
Teenagers choose to practice
abstinence because it
eliminates certain health
risks.
 Cause of Abstinence
Abstinence assures
Deliberate decision to teenagers to eliminate the
avoid high-risk behaviors, risk associated with sexual
including sexual activity activity. Some of the risks
before marriage and the include STDs and unplanned
use of tobacco, alcohol, pregnancy.
and other drugs.
David and Jamie:
David and Jamie, both 16, proves that having a
platonic friendship is beneficial to both genders.
They have been friends for five years, but things
didn’t start out that way. Jamie first wanted to
date David, but that plan fell short. They stayed
friends, and both are glad that it stayed that way
instead of a relationship. They both did not want
to risk their friendship in that way. They both
continue to explain how having a platonic
friendship is like “getting the best of both
worlds.” They give each other inside scoops on
what the other gender thinks or likes.
Michelle and Darren:
Michelle and Darren, friends for six year, also
started out as highschool sweethearts, but as
soon as junior year came around, that
relationship turned into a friendship. They spent
countless hours every night on the phone,
expressing their emotions to each other. They
both state that they feel that they can really open
up to each other about anything. Darren
continues to say that if he opened up to guys the
way he opened up to Michelle, then his friends
would think he is corny. Again, proven here, in a
platonic friendship, you really do get the best of
both worlds.
Glencoe Health 2005.pdf Textbook {pg: 302 - 324}

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/peer-relationship

https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/peer-pressure.html