Peer Pressure

My groups focus is on peer pressure and how can teachers help students make good decisions when it comes to matters that peer pressure often influences. Now there are all sorts of things that a young person can be talked into. Many young people are experiencing a real need for group worth. One member of my group is focusing on gangs, another on the DARE program. I figure gangs and drugs are covered. What else is there? Well it's either sex or rock and roll. I choose sex and sex education. More specifically how to teach students how to make good decisions regarding relationships, their sexuality, and sex in the general. I've got quite the assortment of books, a kit, and some curriculum guides to back up my presentation. However, I have had a bit more trouble finding good peer-reviewed sources. I will need to focus more time and effort to that area. Overall, teaching sex education is a bit pervasive and I found it weird that the newest curriculum guide from MPS in our library is from 1985. I would be curious to know if this guide is still in use at the schools seeing as how it was made when i was less than a year old. Surprisingly the guides and books are pretty progressive. Almost every item touches on homosexuality, abuse, and sexual deviance in a educated smart manner. It just goes to show that educators are years ahead of their times. I might have some time summing everything up for the presentation and getting my peer reviewed source in but otherwise I think my group and I are trucking along nicely