You should teach your
child how to get out of bad situations and avoid peer
pressure. One of the best ways to help them avoid giving
into peer pressure is to role play. Think of various
situations where peer pressure could rear its ugly head.
Then role play them with your child to help them learn
proper ways to deal with the situations. Let them tell
you how they would handle the situation first and then
share what you think should be done to handle it.
Let them know that
you’re there to help when needed; especially if their
friend won’t listen and insists that your child go along
with the rule breaking incident. Sometimes, the simple
act of stating that another adult could get involved,
may make the other friend think twice before engaging in
the rule breaking activity
Your child will need
to know that even though you’re not in charge of the
friend, you are still a parent or guardian to your child
and enforce the rules you have in place for their health
and safety.
The rules can be
adjusted as the child grows older and they start to
understand respect for others and their property. They
will need to know that trust is something that will have
to be built over time and they should abide by the rules
to increase your trust in them and gain more freedom for
themselves.
There are other
children who exhibit positive peer pressure behaviors.
Let your child know that these are the friends they
should be hanging out with, so the good behavior rubs
off on your child. The more favorable the intentions the
other children have, the better off your child will be
in handling peer pressure situations.
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