Resistance skills

❖ Activity: Discussing Peer Pressure (Questions to ask mentee)

1. Explain peer pressure in your own words. Why do you think kids and teens are so susceptible to the influence of their friends and classmates?

2. We often hear about negative peer pressure, like friends talking friends into trying drugs or alcohol. But peer pressure isn’t always bad. Friends can encourage and inspire friends to do great things.

Give some examples of positive peer pressure.

3. Have you ever experienced peer pressure, good or bad? How did it feel?

4. Why is it sometimes hard to stand up to your friends?

5. What advice would you give to someone dealing with peer pressure?

Activity: Healthy Relationships are Wealthy Relationships (Healthy vs. Unhealthy)

Description: Go through the following boxes and discuss the differences between a healthy relationships (a wealthy relationship), and an unhealthy relationship (a poor relationship).

Discuss what type of relationship the mentee would like to have and why?

Go through worksheet defining which example is a wealthy relationship and which one is a poor relationship. and Let them know the answer after they give their own first.

End with discussion questions after worksheet

Discussion Questions:

-How do wealthy relationships make you feel? How do poor relationships make you feel?

-Do you have wealthy relationships in your life right now? Who are they? What makes them healthy relationships?

-Do you have poor relationships in your life right now? Who are they? What makes them unhealthy relationships?

-Are you a poor relationship to others or a wealthy relationship to others? How do you know? What can you change to be more of a healthy relationship to your friends, family, and others around you?