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Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills

Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills. Pre Game Warm up. While sitting at lunch with your friends everyone starts making fun of another friend. How do you feel.. What do you do.. Join in.. Step in. Peer Pressure & Refusal Skills. Pressure pushed toward making a certain choice. A Peer

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Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills

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  1. Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills

  2. Pre Game Warm up • While sitting at lunch with your friends everyone starts making fun of another friend. • How do you feel.. • What do you do.. • Join in.. • Step in..

  3. Peer Pressure & Refusal Skills • Pressure • pushed toward making a certain choice. • A Peer • is someone in your own age group. • Peer Pressure • someone your own age, is pushing you toward making a certain choice

  4. Peer Pressure • Spoken vs. Unspoken

  5. Sometime the pressure we put on ourselves can be the hardest!!

  6. Peer  Pressure • Examples of Positivepressures • Honor Roll • Make a team/club • Follow the rules • Respect others • Exercise groups • Group Fitness • Running group

  7. Peer Pressure • Examples ofNegative pressures • Underage drinking/smoking • Gossiping • Stealing • Fighting • Bullying • Ditching a friend

  8. List of reasons it is difficult to say no… • I …. …  want to be accepted and liked by people my own age. … are afraid of being rejected … don’t want to lose a friend …  want to appear grown up …  don’t want to be made fun of … don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings …  aren’t sure of what they really want …  don’t know how to get out of the situation

  9. Peer Pressure Bag of tricks • (Spoken Pressure) • PUT DOWN • Insulting or name calling to make someone feel bad

  10. REASONING • Giving reasons to do something or why it would be OK • (Spoken pressure)

  11. REJECTION • Threatening to leave someone out or end a friendship • (spoken pressure)

  12. THE HUDDLE • A GROUP STANDS TOGETHER LAUGHING OR TALKING, WITH THEIR BACKS TO OTHERS • (UNSPOKEN)

  13. The EXAMPLE • Popular kids simply buy or wear something, because they set an example, others want to follow • (unspoken)

  14. THE LOOK • Kids who think they’re cool give a look that means: we’re cool, and you’re not” • (Unspoken pressure)

  15. Refusal and Negotiation Skills • S.T.O.P. • Stay calm • Tell why not • Offer other ideas • Promptly leave

  16. Refusal Responses • “Everyone’s Doing it” “You’re wrong… I’m not doing it” • “Areal friend would do it” “A real friend wouldn't ask” “Are you afraid?” “No, just smart”

  17. A clear message depends on the way you communicate • Aggressive: • Overly forceful, pushy, hostile • Passive Giving up, giving in, backing down, easy to persuade. • Assertive • Confidence and clearly stating your intentions

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