Peer pressure is when your friends or peers try to persuade or pressure you to do something. Peer pressure can be positive, such as when someone is encouraged to study more to improve their grades, to exercise more or eat healthier foods. It can also be negative when it involves something unsafe or possibly dangerous like lying, stealing, drinking alcohol, using drugs, engaging in unsafe sex or gender based violence. There are ways to counter negative peer pressure.

Relationships can be healthy or unhealthy. Knowing what to look for and what to avoid in a relationship is important for staying safe and healthy. Being able to equally make decisions and express oneself is an important part of a healthy relationship. No one has to stay in a relationship if they don’t want to or if it’s unhealthy.

A family is a group of people related to one another by blood, marriage, or a strong common bond. Families come in many different sizes and combinations. Some people you know may have one parent, while others may have two biological parents. Some families have children, while other families do not.Your family may look and function very differently from the families of your friends, and that is okay. There is no right or wrong way for a family to be structured or to look. What is most important about families is that they love and take care of each other.