Sentences with phrase «negative social pressure»

One social enterprise aiming to tackle this cycle of disadvantage is EduKit Solutions Ltd — an online platform helping schools to empower and inspire disengaged, under - privileged, young people (often from inner - city areas) who are particularly susceptible to mental health concerns and negative social pressure.

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But there is plenty of research citing the negative impact excessive academic pressure has on overall health, happiness, social adjustment and, yes, learning.
Friendship enhances self - esteem, helps kids adjust to social and academic demands at school and diminishes their vulnerability to negative peer pressure and unhealthy attachments
Aside from cyberbullying, oversharing and sexting issues, social media also can put negative pressure on friendships, especially when one friend is very active about posting pictures, status updates and opinions that hurt others.
Her argument is that because American women are being unduly pressured to breast - feed their babies, they are becoming «enslaved» by the «little masters,» as Badinter describes nursing children, which in turn undermines the status of American women in general, leading to many negative social and economic outcomes.
These uncertainty - reduction strategies included seeking social support from friends, family, or academic counselors; socializing with friends to take a break from sports and school pressures; negotiating with coaches in an attempt to raise their scholarship; and sometimes concealing their athlete status from peers to minimize people befriending them for the wrong reasons, or prevent negative stereotypes.
Much bullying, negative pressure, and malignant shaming that kids fear occurs on these social media platforms.
From negative comments on social media to pressures to look a certain way, the well - being of young people is at risk,» said the minister for vulnerable children and families, Edward Timpson
Primary and junior school years are an excellent window of opportunity to help build resiliency in young children, so they can better resist negative media messaging, and social pressure to engage in unhealthy eating and weight - related behaviour.
The government is under pressure to justify its plans to open the first new grammar schools in England in decades, in the face of a large amount of evidence that shows that they have a negative effect on social mobility.
«Even if these safeguards are effective, the app's overall impact on families and society is likely to be negative, normalizing social media use among young children and creating peer pressure for kids to sign up for their first account,» the letter said.
«[T] he app's overall impact on families and society is likely to be negative, normalizing social media use among young children and creating peer pressure for kids to sign up for their first account,» they argue, adding: «Raising children in our new digital age is difficult enough.
But experts feel that the app's overall impact on families and society is likely to be negative, and it could normalise social media use among young children by creating peer pressure.
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