My first article focuses on teen friendships in regards to peer influence and peer pressure. It states that friendships during adolescence become more complex, exclusive, and consistent. Different types of relationships began to emerge. There are new types of friendships such as opposite sex and romantic relationships and different levels of relationships such as “cliques”. Peer influence and peer pressure can be positive or negative. Although peer influence and peer pressure when negative may lead to unhealthy and unsafe choice by teens. Some strategies to help with teens are:
- Nurture teens’ abilities and self-esteem so that they are equipped to foster positive peer relationships and deflect negative pressures.
- Encourage positive relationships between significant adults and teens.
- Encourage diverse relationships.
- Support parent education programs for families with teenagers.
- Equip youth with the skills necessary to resist negative behaviors, as well as to make good decisions.
- Teaching youth exit strategies or ways to say ‘no’ to negative pressures.
In conclusion, peers play a large role in one another’s life during adolescence. They offer many positive opportunities, along with negative ones. Peer relationships are important to help young adults develop into healthy adults.
The second article I chose is called, “A Chapter a Day”. It is an e-resource used to help motivate young adults to read. Teens sign up for the book club then via e-mail they receive pages from popular fiction and non fiction books each day of the week. By the end of the week they have received two to three brief chapters. Each week the process starts over. Chapter a day works with over forty different publishers, including Penguin Putnam, McGraw Hill, and Random House.
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