Peers Sentence Examples

The beekeeper opens the lower part of the hive and peers in.

Both awards are distinctions among peers and fans.

In 1901 he was made a member of the Austrian house of peers.

Many of his peers considered him a harmless lunatic.

Children with visual impairment often read at a much slower pace than fully sighted peers.

The parties then held hustings which aimed to gain votes from their peers in a following election.

The EU is no longer a cozy club of politicians who can forgive their peers for the odd lapse.

They derive from the chronic passion of apprentice mages and the good will of their peers.

Young people have a tendency to be intolerant of difference and often mock their peers who are clever or hard working.

In addition, presentations are formally assessed by peers with tutor moderation in Varieties, and by the tutor in Specials.

Despite the hot weather, Mike Peers found the bream and tench particularly obliging when he fished peg 68 on the island bank.

How do they cope when peers express strong views diametrically opposed to their own?

The solution, which the remaining hereditary peers were there to help seek, is no longer available.

Students with disabilities are being included in classes with their non-disabled peers in larger numbers.

Braille readers vary in ability even more than their sighted peers.

The home literacy experiences of preschoolers who use augmentative communication systems and of their nondisabled peers.

No longer will we have old Labor life peers kicking over the traces and rediscovering the radicalism and independence of their youth.

Among his peers, he stood out for his intellectual agility and a calm self-assurance in the very midst of animated class discussions.

At each key stage the individual receives recognition from peers and gains a sense of achievement and enhanced self-esteem.

Somewhat detached from his peers, in an almost stereotypical fashion.

There can be social stigma also from their peers.

Peers also alludes to the greater efforts to encourage temperance in the late Victorian army.

He glances down at his Omega Seamaster watch and peers over his Calvin Klein faux tortoiseshell glasses at the closed door to the boardroom.

Education of Young People in Public Care - Overview Background Children and young people in public care historically seriously underachieve compared with their peers.

Consumers now trust their peers more than they trust advertisers, so viral is becoming more and more important.

It should be noticed that trial by one's peers, as understood in Magna Carta, is not confined to the nobility; in every class of society an accused man is punished in accordance with the verdict of his peers, or equals.

In England "presentation at court" is the privilege of no particular class as such; and the wives of ministers of the class in strictness takes in only the peers personally; at the outside it cannot be stretched beyond those of their children and grandchildren who bear the courtesy titles of lord and lady.

Also, in the 15th century, it gradually became the custom to appoint a steward pro hac vice to preside at the trial, or at the proceedings upon the attainder of a peer in parliament; and later, to preside over a court, called the court of the, lord high steward, for the trial of peers when parliament was not sitting.

In Danby's case a commission under the great seal issued in the common form adopted for the court of the steward; this was recalled, and the rule agreed to by a joint committee of both houses that a steward for trials of peers upon impeachments was unnecessary.

The preference given to the steward's court was largely due to the practice, founded upon the Southampton case, of summoning only a few peers selected by the steward, a practice which made it easy for the king to secure a conviction.

For example, it was ruled by Lord Chancellor Jeffreys, as steward at the trial of Lord Delamere, that, in trials of peers which take place during the recess of parliament in the steward's court, the steward is the judge of the court, the court is held before him, his warrant convenes the prisoner to the bar, his,summons convenes the peers for the trial, and he to determine by his sole authority all questions of law that arise in the course of the trial, but that he is to give no vote upon the issue of guilty or not guilty; during a session of parliament, on the contrary, all the peers are both triers and judges, and the steward is only as chairman of the court and gives his vote together with the other lords.

British dukes rank next to princes and princesses of the blood royal, the two archbishops of Canterbury and York, the lord Chancellor, &c., but beyond this precedence they have no special privileges which are not shared by peers of lower rank (see Peerage).

Playing the part of the demagogue, and exaggerating all his nephews petulant acts and sayings, he declared the constitution in danger, and took arms at the head of a party of peers, the earls of Warwick, Arundel and Nottingham, and Henry, earl of Derby, the son of John of The Gaunt, who called themselves the lords appellant, lords because they were ready to appeal Richards appel- councillors of treason.

She linked my earliest thoughts with nature, and made me feel that "birds and flowers and I were happy peers."

Doctors were effective and consistent in assessing their peers, they were highly consistent when assessing the 4th quartile of performance.

Was the testing to provide the final ammunition to rationalize why Herb no longer belonged with his ' typical ' peers?

Brave servicemen should an actor dressed their nfl peers the news seems.

He slinks out from the shadow of the shed, Peers down, tail twitching, readying every claw.

But their slowed pace gave her time to study her peers closer.

But by 11, she has shown, trilingual children are doing better at school than their monolingual peers.

Although he makes much more money than his peers, he does his best to avoid acting pretentious.

At the end of the year, the class decided to pass out awards to recognize their peers' superlative talents and efforts.

Without the benefit of rich and famous parents, it's likely that your child would be relentlessly teased by his/her peers if you followed Shannyn Sossamon's lead.

If you see your child struggling to keep up with pre-school peers, skill assessments are available to help parents determine if professional help is needed or if there are specific ways to encourage development in their child.

Additionally, some children may be taller or heavier than their peers, graduating them out of some models of car seats faster.

Most trends fluctuate because of emotions and attitudes, but consumers can be influenced by peers, third-party reviews, and celebrities.

Another influence is your own peers and friends.

Most of the anti-clay litter campaigns are being echoed by concerned pet owners who have embraced the anecdotal evidence of their peers.

This resource allows attorneys to rate their peers.

If these are not consistent, kids become confused and may turn to peers or negative role models for clarification, which could lead to deviant behavior.

In addition to loving reassurance and attention from both parents, youngsters this age respond well to activities with peers and play dates that promote a feeling of normalcy.

While those who are emo usually appear mysterious or reclusive, the truth of the matter is they often love the attention they receive for looking and acting differently from their peers.

Instead of talking with your peers through a series of emails, you take part in a threaded conversation on a website.

School often presents a challenge to elementary-aged children, especially those with special needs or who are emotionally less mature than their peers.

While your therapist can offer practical solutions, you may find it more helpful to hear how your peers cope.

In addition to having close relationships with peers, maintaining a close family relationships is also crucial becauase it helps develop a healthy sense of self.

In rare instances, teens break into teachers' desks or offices to steal copies of tests and distribute them to their peers.

The symptoms of ADHD often lead a teen to feel angry and misunderstood, more so than their neuro-typical peers.

You can find the current fashion trends by scouring the latest teen magazines, or just by observing what your peers are wearing.

Instead, encourage them to "date" this special someone while in a group setting with peers and other couples.

Whether it's knowing to go to your next class when the bell rings, navigating a larger school building, or speaking in a foreign language in front your peers for the first time, it can be a terrain of firsts.

Don't open yourself up to heartbreak by putting her in a position where she may have to turn you down in front of a group of peers.

Because so many adults can be impressionable, it's easy to see why teenagers can be so negatively influenced into doing things they might not have the courage to do without being egged on by their peers.

During commencement speeches, graduates will hear a lot of advice from notable speakers as well as some of their peers.

Here are a few schools to watch that consistently come in above their peers.

For example, if your son is leaps and bounds ahead of his peers in science, does the school offer accelerated placement programs, extensive science projects or an active after school club?

Simply put, peers are the people around you with whom you share things in common.

Peers are often your friends, but in other circumstances you may not know them that well.

The following scenarios show different ways that peers sometimes apply pressure in order to persuade a person to behave in a particular way.

Relationships with their peers and with the opposite sex will begin to develop on a more intimate level, and the overall sense of wonder and feeling part of something great will begin to take root.

Your peers have poured their heart out and spent a lot of time writing the poetry they submit to teen poetry sites.

Teens will also often give away drugs free to coerce their peers into trying it with them.

A drunk teenage girl is 54 times more likely to suffer a single vehicle crash than her non-drinking peers.

Teens join cliques to feel accepted in the stressful world of high school, to find peers with similar interests, and to have someone to go do activities with inside and outside of school.

Since some teenagers don't have another trusted adult they can confide in, they often turn to their peers.

However, usually, it's not the peers they have always hung out with but instead, friends that share the same types of problems.

There is really no other time in life when you're in a classroom on a daily basis with your peers and able to see friends every day.

The groups are a great way to become more spiritual, while also creating a positive community with like-minded peers.

Family First Aid estimates that about 30 percent of students, especially those who might be smaller or younger than their peers, will have to face some type of bullying while they are in school.

Make sure to send this note to peers, as well as teachers and adult and teen friends the teen knows through church, extracurricular activities, or volunteer work.

They may feel shorter than their peers or even some of the girls in their classes, which can cause anxiety.

They have more behavioral problems and poor performance when compared to their peers.

In addition, it gives teens an acceptable excuse to use with their peers as a refusal skill when offered drugs or alcohol - "No thanks, my parents test me."

There are different reasons for this, including the need to keep company with people who can supply this drug as well as a subconscious psychological need to somehow make the deviant behavior acceptable by peers.

Remember, your peers will be interviewing and considering you.

The young person usually obtains the illicit substances from friends and uses them with peers.

Falling grades, discipline problems at school (up to and including suspension) and problems with peers or parents may occur.

A star themed cake is perfect for any graduate who is a "star" amongst his peers.

While he doesn't have the respect of his peers, he's selling music at a record-setting pace, and has been able to take that fame and continue on his chosen career path.

Her deep, soulful voice and brash style quickly made her stand out amongst her peers.

The current admission that Lohan is attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings will hopefully put her on the right track and earn back the respect of her Hollywood peers.

He also gained the respect of peers, built a solid fan base, and won over critics.

There's nothing more inspiring when losing weight than to be supported by your peers and a group of experts who take a "no holds barred" approach to eating right and being healthy.

Although criticized by his peers, he used this as the only venue to publicize and sell out his comedy showcases.

The support from his fans, peers and family, as well as his work on current projects prove that while this "Butterscotch Stallion" may have been down for awhile, no one can count him out just yet.

Daniel Day-Lewis is an accomplished actor who is widely revered by his Hollywood peers who often compare him to Marlon Brando and call him the "consummate professional."

If he keeps working with award winning directors and actors he has been working with recently, there is no doubt that Brolin's talents will continue to be recognized by the public and his peers.

By the time she was 14, when most of her peers were just beginning to like boys, Drew Barrymore entered rehab.

Conquering a wide variety of roles and surviving the typecasting of a teen heartthrob, Lowe has earned the respect of his peers and viewers alike.

While many of her peers disappeared from regular TV work, Alexander went on to appear as a featured character in many other shows.

It's usually not the most beautiful or top earners who win the Oscars, but they win the award knowing they have the respect of their peers.

If your girl is entering an age where appearances tend to be everything amongst her peers, then stores such as Gap Kids and Nordstrom will sell items that seem to promote a cleaner image.

Fashion is very important in girl world, so finding your daughter the best dress for the best price will fortify her security when she is amongst her peers.

Not only will you be exposed to different examples of business models, communication issues and troubleshooting, but you can develop relationships with your peers that can help you either with job searching or employee hiring.

If you do as well, attending a Christian college is a surefire way to find a built-in network of peers that share many of your beliefs.

If you sail on a luxury cruise at a time of year when children are still in school, you increase your chances of cruising with your peers.

Ian Dunbar is a "rock star" in the dog training and behavior profession; he is respected by his peers and revered by the dog owners he has helped.

If you have a few inches of height on your peers, chances are, your tie should follow your lead and be a bit longer than the average tie.

If you aren't comfortable trusting your own judgment about what's hot and what's not, let the experts and your peers guide you.

With a growing plus size retail market, manufacturers have finally realized that women of size want to look just as stylish and contemporary as their size six peers.

Peers have been known to target and bully other kids online, and unlike in-person bullying, online bullying is less likely to be reported by the victim.

Plus you're traveling with your peers, and their views of their homebase may enlighten you.

If you're a medical professional making a change, or a senior wanting to do good work for your peers, there are many nursing home jobs to consider.

Living with peers is often a great way to meet new friends sharing similar lifestyles.

First, those who would rather enjoy living surrounded by their peers may prefer this type of surrounding.

Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle found that individuals with untreated sleep apnea had significantly higher medical bills than their non-OSA peers.

European eyeglass frames are a way to set yourself apart from your peers.

You can often pick up these legends for as little as $15 or $20 and get hours worth of gameplay for which many of your peers happily paid full price.

Gamers turned the other cheek, confining their game talk to their sympathetic peers.

Beware of downloading from your peers on music download sites.

If you need to learn how to do something, get a laugh, or watch what your peers are watching.

You can wow your peers with your up to the minute knowledge on world affairs.

Researchers speculate that boys receive stronger negative messages from parents and peers that thumb sucking is infantile and not acceptable.

During the elementary school years, the child becomes increasingly interested in peers, but this is not be a sign of disinterest in the parent-child relationship.

Group therapy employed in a wilderness setting helps adolescents learn how to successfully interact with peers.

They will be influenced by what they see advertised on television and by their peers.

Family therapy to improve communication between the child or teen and parents and siblings is often helpful, as is group therapy with peers (other children also suffering from adjustment disorder).

Children look to adults and their peers for role models of how to conduct themselves at these events.

Prosocial lying may increase, particularly among peers, to avoid hurting another's feelings.

The education of family members, teachers, and peers about Tourette syndrome can be helpful and may help to foster acceptance and prevent social isolation.

Children with Tourette syndrome often have problems socializing because of embarrassment over uncontrollable tics and negative reactions from parents, teachers, and peers who do not understand the disorder.

The child with WS may have difficulty forming relationships with peers, preferring the company of younger children or adults.

Mentally retarded children lag behind their peers in developmental milestones such as smiling, sitting up, walking, and talking.

By age five, they may not be the fastest child on the playground, but many will be there with their peers and will be holding their own.

These behaviors may result in the child being treated badly by peers.

The symptom, however, that all children with pituitary dwarfism share is that they do not grow at the same rate as their peers.

Social skills training can help a child improve his/her relationship with peers.

Adolescents with CD tend to have better relationships with their peers and are less likely to develop antisocial personality disorder in adulthood than those with childhood-onset CD.

Only children grow up relating to adults in the family but have trouble relating to peers.

These behaviors can also transfer to the school setting, making these children uncooperative with their peers.

They prefer playmates of the opposite sex at an age when most children prefer to spend time in the company of same-sex peers.

They were also twice as likely as their peers to have speech disorders at the age of six and to have played alone when they were young.

Social competence can also be affected by the social context and the extent to which there is a good match between the child's skills, interests, and abilities and those of peers.

Parents are the primary source of social and emotional support for children during the first years of life, but in later years peers begin to play a significant role in a child's social-emotional development.

Increasingly with age, peers rather than parents become preferred companions, providing important sources of entertainment and support.

In addition, relationships with peers typically involve more give-and-take than relationships with adults and thus provide an opportunity for the development of social competencies such as cooperation and negotiation.

Adolescents try on different social roles as they interact with peers, and peers serve as a social stepping stone as adolescents move away from their emotional dependence upon their parents and toward autonomous functioning as an adult.

Rejection or victimization by peers may become a source of significant stress to children, contributing to feelings of loneliness and low self-esteem.

That is, when children with poor social skills become rejected, they are often excluded from positive interactions with peers that are critical for learning social skills.

Observations of rejected children have revealed that they spend more time playing alone and interacting in smaller groups than their more popular peers.

Many children experience difficulties getting along with peers at some point during their youth.

For other children, however, being ignored or rejected by peers may be a lasting problem that has lifelong consequences, such as a dislike for school, poor self-esteem, social withdrawal, and difficulties with adult relationships.

To explore factors leading to peer difficulties, researchers typically employ the sociometric method to identify children who are or are not successful with peers.

Peers describe them as helpful, nice, understanding, attractive, and good at games.

Children who have problems making friends, those who are either "neglected" or "rejected" by their peers, often show deficits in social skills.

Children who are rejected by peers often have difficulties focusing their attention and controlling their behavior.

Peers often describe rejected classmates as disruptive, short-tempered, unattractive, and likely to brag, to start fights, and to get in trouble with the teacher.

Not all aggressive children are rejected by their peers.

Developmentally, peer neglect is not a very stable classification, and many neglected children develop more confidence as they move into classrooms with more familiar or more compatible peers.

However, some shy children are highly anxious socially and uncomfortable around peers in many situations.

Hence, the kinds of interactions that children have with peers change qualitatively and quantitatively with development.

During the preschool years, social competence involves the ability to separate from parents and engage with peers in shared play activities, particularly fantasy play.

That is, in addition to gaining acceptance from a group of peers, one of the hallmarks of social competence is the ability to form and maintain satisfying close friendships.

Many children who are rejected by peers have lower self-esteem, feel lonelier, and are more dissatisfied with their social situations than are average or popular children.

If children behave aggressively with peers, act bossy and domineering, or are disruptive and impulsive at school, they are more likely to have long-lasting peer difficulties than are children who are simply shy.

School adjustment can be a downhill slide for these children as teachers may get discouraged and peers may be angered by their behaviors.

Peers may attempt to "get back" at these children by teasing, which only increases the frustrations and helplessness experienced by aggressive, disruptive children.

Second, children who are actively disliked, teased, or ostracized by peers are at more risk than children who are simply ignored.

When children are ignored by peers and are neither disliked nor liked, teachers and parents can take steps to foster friendship development and peer support.

When children are actively disliked by peers and the victims of teasing or ostracism, the task is harder for parents and teachers and the likelihood of the child reestablishing positive peer relations without help decreases.

Teachers can often provide information about how children treat and are treated by peers and can also offer opinions about how typical or unusual a child's peer problems are relative to others of the same age.

In some cases, it is most helpful to get information directly from peers themselves.

Observations have revealed that children who are well liked by peers typically show helpful, courteous, and considerate behavior.

The purpose of social skill training is to help unpopular children learn to treat their peers in positive ways.

Often children are taught how to enter a group, how to be a good group participant, how to be a fair player (e.g., following rules, taking turns), and how to have a conversation with peers.

By complaining loudly, hitting, or otherwise using force or noise, children may be able to get access to a toy they want, or they may be able to get peers to stop doing something obnoxious to them.

When children generalize the aggressive and oppositional behavior that they have learned at home to their interactions with peers, other children often reject them.

Indeed, research has revealed that aggressive behavior is the common link between harsh, inconsistent discipline and rejection by peers.

Children who have speech disorders may not want to communicate with their peers or even adults which may adversely affect their performance in school and social development.

Children with diabetes can lead an active life and enjoy most of the activities and foods their peers do, with a few precautions to avoid blood sugar highs or lows.

Diabetes summer camps, where children can learn about diabetes care in the company of peers and counselors who also live with the disease, may be useful from both a health and a social standpoint.

They receive approval from authority figures or admiration from peers, avoid blame, or behave in accordance with their concept of self.

It is also influenced by the child's temperament and irritability, cognitive ability, the level of involvement with deviant peers, exposure to violence, and deficit of cooperative problem-solving skills.

Companions and peers are influential in the development of antisocial behaviors.

Normally there is no change noted in physical status or behavior, and the drinking usually occurs only on weekends during social occasions with peers, making it the least detectable of the three.

Thirty percent of children in grades four through six state that they have received pressure from peers to drink beer.

Understand the tremendous importance of child and adolescent issues, including alcohol and other drug use and acceptance by peers; be ready and able to discuss these subjects with children.

In contrast, however, children who spend more time in day care miss fewer days of school than their peers who were cared for at home.

Children at this stage can be easily discouraged about creating art if they are overly criticized, teased by their peers, or become frustrated with art media or problems expressing what they see in their minds.

Children's responses to their own drawings and their perception of the level of their competence is often affected by the attitudes of their peers and adults who react to their art work.

Parents can also help children find creative solutions to deal with teasing, camouflage their lesions, and educate their peers about the disease.

Peer influence and hormonal changes can affect participation in group physical activities, so parents should consider encouraging exercise at home for children reluctant to participate with peers.

Grade retention is the opposite of social promotion, in which children continue with their age peers regardless of academic performance.

Middle school students who have been retained have more negative behaviors than their peers in academic ability who were not retained.

However, the social promotion policies common in the 1970s, where students were kept with their age peers regardless of readiness for the next grade, does not produce academic success for at-risk students either.

Social promotion-Passing a child on to the next grade regardless of readiness in order for the child to remain with his or her age peers.

Free-form play with peers is probably most important, both for its socializing effect and for the creative expression it offers.

Gay and bisexual male teens, which represent about 10 percent of the male teen population, are six to seven times more at risk for attempting suicide than their heterosexual peers.

If the child is significantly behind his or her age peers in terms of language development, SLI is likely.

Encouraging gross motor skills requires a safe, open play space, peers to interact with, and some adult supervision.

In general, studies that contrast parent and peer influences indicate that in some situations, peers' opinions are more influential, while in others, parents' are more influential.

Specifically, adolescents are more likely to conform to their peers' opinions when it comes to short-term, day-to-day, and social matters-styles of dress, tastes in music, and choices among leisure activities.

In general, during childhood, boys and girls are highly oriented toward their parents and less so toward their peers; peer pressure during the early elementary school years is not especially strong.

As they approach adolescence, however, children become somewhat less oriented toward their parents and more oriented toward their peers, and peer pressure begins to escalate.

During early adolescence, conformity to parents continues to decline and conformity to peers and peer pressure continues to rise.

It is not until middle adolescence that genuine behavioral independence emerges, when conformity to parents as well as peers declines.

One of the most noteworthy aspects of the social transition into adolescence is the increase in the amount of time individuals spend with their peers.

For example, there is a sharp increase during adolescence in the sheer amount of time individuals spend with their peers and in the relative time they spend in the company of peers versus adults.

In the United States, well over half of the typical adolescent's waking hours are spent with peers, as opposed to only 15 percent with adults, including parents.

Finally, whereas children's peer relationships are limited mainly to pairs of friends and relatively small groups-three or four children at a time, for example-adolescence marks the emergence of larger groups of peers, or crowds.

They are likely to fail in developing social relationships with peers, have limited ability to initiate conversation if they do learn how to talk, and show a need for routine and ritual.

Mentally retarded children lag behind their peers in developmental milestones such as sitting up, smiling, walking, and talking.

Parents should consult a healthcare professional if their child's intellectual development appears to be significantly slower than their peers.

Peer acceptance is the degree to which a child or adolescent is socially accepted by peers.

They also do not listen well, tend not to offer reasons for their behavior, do not positively reinforce their peers, and have trouble cooperating.

Children learn to relate to peers by engaging in peer relationships.

Often a vicious circle develops where a rejected child is given fewer and fewer opportunities by his peers to relate and thereby learn new skills.

There are various reasons why children are disliked by their peers.

Help may also be needed for adolescents whose acceptance by peers relates to common negative behaviors, such as gang affiliation, bullying, smoking, and drug and alcohol abuse.

The child's relationships with peers and adults outside the family are affected by the tics.

With appropriate intervention language-delayed children usually catch up with their peers.

When children engage in play with their peers and families, they begin to learn some behaviors are acceptable while others are unacceptable.

With peers they quickly learn that taking turns is rewarding and cheating is not.

They also begin developing an interest in peers of the opposite sex.

Play-based assessment-A form of developmental assessment that involves observation of how a child plays alone, with peers, or with parents or other familiar caregivers, in free play or in special games.

Abused preschoolers respond to peers and other adults with more aggression and anger than do non-abused children.

With their peers, abused children are often more aggressive and more likely to be socially rejected than nonabused children.

Children in twoway bilingual education programs have been found to outperform their peers academically.

On average across the United States, every day six to seven young people are murdered by their peers.

In addition, many local communities have formed home-schooling associations in which children have many outlets for interacting with their peers.

Parents should also consult a healthcare professional if, after age three, their child's cognitive development appears to be significantly slower than their peers.

The IQ of PKU patients is generally lower than the IQ of their healthy peers.

Students with PKU often find academic tasks difficult and must struggle harder to succeed than their non-PKU peers.

Head Start saves taxpayers' money, because children who attend Head Start are more likely to graduate high school and get a job than their peers who do not attend.

Other studies merely suggest that Head Start graduates are more likely than their peers to stay in the proper grade level for their age in elementary school.

Sometimes children develop school phobia from bullying at school, an excessively critical teacher, and rejection by peers.

Children with this condition look noticeably different than their peers, and may feel rejected by their friends and socially isolated.

The vast majority of children experiencing precocious puberty become lost in the crowd of their peers when their age peers enter puberty.

This is a busy time when many teens' lifestyles include school, work, sports, and other extracurricular activities, as well as socializing with peers.

But by kindergarten, only one-fourth of those children had not caught up with their peers.

Numerous studies show that gay and bisexual youth are at a higher risk of dropping out of school, of being kicked out of their homes, and becoming prostitutes, than their heterosexual peers.

Some people with Klinefelter syndrome have difficulty with social skills and tend to be more shy, anxious, or immature than their peers.

As children get older their experiences outside the home, in school, and with peers, become increasingly important in determining their self-esteem.

Boys whose growth spurt comes late compare themselves with peers who have matured early and seem more athletic, masculine, and confident.

Fitting in with their peers becomes more important than ever to their self-esteem, and, in later adolescence, relationships with the opposite sex (or sometimes the same sex) can become a major source of confidence or insecurity.

Many children's self-esteem falls when they have to cope with adults and peers in a new situation with rules that may be new and strange.

They are usually extremely concerned about how they look and how they are perceived and accepted by their peers.

Body image is a major component in teenagers' self-esteem, and they are very concerned about how their peers see them.

Children and teenagers feel social pressure to conform to the group of peers with whom they socialize.

As children turn into adolescents, involvement with their peers and the attraction of peer identification increases.

Peers typically replace the family as the center of a young person's socializing and leisure activities.

More often than not, peers reinforce family values, but they have the potential to encourage problem behaviors as well.

This normal distancing is seen in decreases in emotional closeness and warmth, increases in parent-adolescent conflict and disagreement, and an increase in time adolescents spend with peers.

Increases in family strains such as economic pressures or divorce may prompt teenagers to depend more on peers for emotional support.

Help may also be needed for adolescents whose acceptance by peers relates to common negative behaviors, such as criminal activities, gang affiliation, bullying, smoking, and drug and alcohol abuse.

Parents are aware that school-age children and teenagers are in frequent contact with their peers in school and at play, and infections commonly spread.

Preschool children may experience pressure from their peers to give up pacifiers.

Children and teens with bipolar disorder are at a greater risk for substance abuse than their non-bipolar peers, and substance abuse can worsen or complicate bipolar treatment.

Teenagers who smoke are less fit than their nonsmoking peers and more apt to experience shortness of breath, dizziness, coughing, and excess phlegm in their lungs.

Parents are encouraged to utilize these resources to ensure their child's success in school and in interactions with their peers and later as working adults.

Children who are unable to communicate effectively may have problems interacting verbally with their peers.

These children have difficulty communicating and lack the ability to connect with peers.

Bullies are often popular among their peers until about sixth grade.

Being the target of a bully leads to social isolation and rejection by peers, and victims tend to internalize others' negative views, further eroding their self-esteem.

In a study of more than 500 children, University of Michigan researchers discovered that children who were viewed as the most aggressive by their peers at age eight grew up to commit increasingly more serious crimes as adults.

Modern schools tend to discourage bullying with programs designed to teach students cooperation and train peers in bullying intervention techniques.

Older children may steal to gain a sense of power, to acquire status with peers who resist authority, to get attention, to take revenge on someone who has hurt them, to alleviate boredom, or to vent unresolved feelings of anger or fear.

They want to feel powerful or want something expensive to try to keep up with their peers, or they may be distressed about a situation at home.

If stealing is accompanied by other problems, such as difficulty interacting with peers or poor grades, it may be a sign of a serious underlying problem.

The main concern with older children is peer pressure and the desire to fit in; therefore, symptoms may not be reported accurately and medications may not be taken to avoid comments from peers or appearing different.

The prevalence data on STDs, HIV, and AIDS in adolescents indicate that younger women, gay and bisexual teens, and poor, urban and racial/ethnic minority young people have higher rates of STDs and HIV relative to their peers.

Overweight children also suffer from psychological distress, particularly when teased or shunned by peers.

Social learning theory suggests that negative behaviors are reinforced during childhood by parents, caregivers, or peers.

Consequently, the child receives little care or supervision and, especially during adolescence, is free to join peers who have similarly learned antisocial means of expression.

A child with antisocial behavioral problems can have a tremendous impact on the home environment and on the physical and emotional welfare of siblings and others sharing the household, as well as their peers at school.

In girls with hypogonadism, complications include the social implication of failing to go through puberty with peers (if hypogonadism occurs before puberty).

Children between four and five years of age can be aggressive toward their siblings and peers.

Girls younger than six years of age who have aggressive styles toward their peers do not tend to continue being aggressive when they are older, and their earlier aggression does not correlate with adult competitiveness.

Children can learn to say no to their peers, and they can learn how to settle differences with words instead of physical aggression.

They are sometimes shunned by peers due to their impulsive and intrusive behavior.

Children with AD/HD have impaired relationships with their peers, and may be looked upon as social outcasts.

Because of weak, floppy muscles (hypotonia), babies learn to sit up, crawl, and walk much later than their normal peers.

This focus often causes them to conform to their peers, which stifles their creativity and makes their thoughts less flexible.

While creativity itself is not a sign of mental illness, parents should be aware that there is a much higher degree of mental illness, especially depression and bipolar disorder, in creative children than in their less creative peers.

If the adolescent does not have a positive body image, then fear or ridicule from family and peers can affect his or her ability to interact with others.

Kids especially will love to take the steps they learn and create short pieces of choreography to perform for their peers.

If you are seeking a promotion or want to gain greater respect from your peers, this element can help you achieve those goals.

At the same time, it's the beginning of school, when students want to make a great impression on their teachers as well as their peers.

This subculture is especially known for having "posers," and many young people have attempted the emo look only to be teased by their peers.

However, many parents and education professionals disagree, arguing that being educated amongst one's peers is a more well rounded approach to learning.

Students who are home schooled tend to perform better on standardized achievement tests, and substantially so, with scores averaging 30 points higher than their public schooled peers.

They don't interact with peers as often and may miss out on team sports as they grow older.

Although this is typically untrue, networking with other homeschoolers does provide extra opportunities to spend time with their peers.

The most common issue involved with homeschooling a child relates to whether or not the child can have positive interactions with peers.

If you're wondering how these children stack up against peers in a traditional environment, the following statistics will show where and how they succeed.

Parents want their children to succeed in this world, but if they are held back by their peers and a shortage of teachers in the public school system, they won't be able to compete.

Parents who are considering homeschooling are often concerned about the effect homeschooling will have on their child's social interaction with peers.

Summer camps and weekend camps are a great way for your child to meet other children and overcome any fears he may have approaching unfamiliar peers.

Fortunately, there are numerous ways to encourage your homeschooled child to socialize, develop relationships with peers, and overcome the social disadvantages of homeschooling.

One advantage of homeschooling is that your children can pursue personal extra-curricular activities at leisure, without necessarily having to fall in line with peers.

It seems that homeschoolers are academically out-achieving their schooled peers by leaps and bounds.

It is assumed that children are best socialized in the classroom and that all kids need to be around many peers in order to properly socialize.

Achievement testing for homeschooling can be a very helpful tool when you are trying to gage exactly where your child is in relation to your child's peers.

More importantly, when executed properly, relaxed homeschoolers will find themselves every bit as eligible for colleges and universities as their public and private schooled peers.

The program you choose for him must meet or exceed that of your local schools to ensure that if he had to attend public middle school at a moment's notice, he would be able to keep up with his peers.

Plan well, use quality courses for homeschooling, and your child could very excel beyond his peers when the time comes to attend college.

Not all local or state police forces require a degree in criminal justice, but individuals with a degree will often receive higher pay and faster promotions than their peers.

They tend to develop and mature more slowly than their peers and may never fully catch up.

Girls who were victims of sexual abuse or domestic violence during childhood are more likely to engage in sexual activity at an early age than their non-abused peers.

The child can be more comfortable interacting with family members and peers than he or she feels with their teacher or other professionals.

Social skills can be reinforced as the game is played with family members and peers.

If he balks at church groups, he might need to find a fresh start with a new group of peers who is separate from his past problems.

When we are adults and we hold back in our socializing, our peers view us very differently.

We are no longer thought of as cute and our peers will not go out of their way to try to engage us in conversation.

I am suggesting that if this were the how your peers and more importantly, these two guys, view you, this may be the reason they are interested in others and not you.

The incredibly unique design of the Oilily Mermaid backpack will make it easy for your child to distinguish her backpack from that of her peers.

Problems will arise when your little girl is asking for a specific Hannah Montana backpack model, particularly the one worn by her peers.

But before you cancel your cable service, just remember that, for young kids, fitting in makes them feel more at ease with their peers -- and perhaps the girl in question simply loves the backpack that much.

The response has been extremely positive, and the Somebody Cares organization has discussed testimonials involving grateful children who would have otherwise been laughed at by peers for not having school supplies.