The Facts... without the Lecture
B4uDecide.ie is closing down at the end of May 2024.
Alternative sources of relationships and sexuality information and resources:
- For 16-25 year olds: SpunOut.ie is an information provision website, including relationships and sexuality issues.
- For 17+ year olds: Sexualwellbeing.ie is the HSE website that provides information and resources on a wide range of information such as consent, contraception, sexual transmitted infections, vaccinations and unplanned pregnancy
- For parents: The HSE’s ‘Making the ‘Big Talk’ many small talks’ series of booklets to help parents and children talk about relationships and sexuality is available online, and to order free of charge from healthpromotion.ie. HSE funded RSE workshops are available at npc.ie and ifpa.ie
- For teachers: Junior Cycle SPHE Resources are available to support the new 2023 SPHE specification , including the Relationship and Sexuality strand.
- For youthworkers: HSE funded training on relationship and sexuality issues is available at REAL U | Foroige and Tailored Training Courses – National Youth Council of Ireland
Pressure from friends
Peer Pressure is when you feel influenced or pressured by your friends to do something. Peer pressure is part of life as a teenager. Sometimes you will feel able to resist pressure and sometimes you won’t. Learning how to deal with it is part of becoming an adult.
The first step in dealing with peer pressure is to be able to recognise all the different types of pressure like Spoken Pressure and Unspoken Pressure.
It’s also important to know How Peer Pressure Works, and the Different Types of Pressure Boys and Girls Feel.
Then, the next time you face pressure you can Stand Your Ground.