Post by healthy11 on Feb 27, 2017 22:31:19 GMT -5
www.popsugar.com/moms/Dad-X-Plan-Help-Teens-Escape-Peer-Pressure-Situations-43236330 mentions a way to help teens get out of potentially difficult social situations, with a minimum of embarrassment. The example given is one where a young person might find themselves at a party, for example, where underage drinking is taking place. Some kids might feel peer pressure to "join in" or else get teased for not being "cool," etc. As an alternative, one family's solution is to have a pre-arranged code (texting just the letter "X") to a parent or older sibling, who then calls the teen back, using a pre-rehearsed script:
When the phone is answered, the conversation goes like this: 'Hello?'
'Son, something's come up and I have to come get you right now.'
'What happened?'
'I'll tell you when I get there. Be ready to leave in five minutes. I'm on my way.'
At that point, the teen tells his friends that something's happened at home, someone is coming to get him, and he has to leave. In short, he has a way out; at the same time, there's no pressure on him to open himself to any social ridicule.
When the phone is answered, the conversation goes like this: 'Hello?'
'Son, something's come up and I have to come get you right now.'
'What happened?'
'I'll tell you when I get there. Be ready to leave in five minutes. I'm on my way.'
At that point, the teen tells his friends that something's happened at home, someone is coming to get him, and he has to leave. In short, he has a way out; at the same time, there's no pressure on him to open himself to any social ridicule.
