Should I say yes to peer pressure?

     If you wondering 'should I say yes to peer pressure?' Well my answer is say no to peer pressure. I'm sure you've heard that many times.
     The reason peer pressure is so effective is when a friend tries to persuade you to do something bad, you might think that if you say no that friend won't have as much respect for you as the did before. So you want to make that person as happy as they can be, so that's when you fall into peer pressure.
How to deal with Peer Pressure

     When dealing peer pressure you must always be assertive. What's assertive mean you might ask. Assertiveness is when you speak point directly to the listener and be self assuring.

Tips on assertiveness
-Use statements such as "I believe" and etc to show that you are confident with your answer/statement.
-Keep eye contact, and stand tall and don't stutterer while talking.
-Change the subject, talk about something else
-Repeat one word such. example: "Want to go to drugs?"
"No"
"C'mon everyone's doing them"
"No"
And so on.
-Make up an excuse
-Say you have to go and walk away.

     So remember these tips and if a friend is trying to peer pressure you to do something that you don't want to do obviously he's not a real friend.