January/February 2009 Newsletter
January 1, 2009
The End of Adult Peer Pressure
~ Susan Reuling Furness
When the economy turned this fall, I recognized I had been living with a lot of peer pressure. This came as a surprise.
People tend to think peer pressure ends after adolescence. Not true. Even the most sophisticated adult is vulnerable to advertisements suggesting how to create an image of success or importance. We receive daily doses of marketing pressure, telling us what we should buy (eat, wear) in order to be accepted. Read more