TEEN
STRESS

Topics: Achievement; Choices; Drinking; Drugs; Parenting; Peer Pressure; Sex; Teens

References: Romans 12:2; 1 Peter 2:11–12

Teens are stressed. Here’s what they say stresses them, according to a 1999 survey by Peter D. Hart Research Associates:

•     pressure to get good grades: 44 percent

•     pressure to get into college: 32 percent

•     pressure to fit in socially: 29 percent

•     pressure to use drugs or alcohol: 19 percent

•     pressure to be sexually active: 13 percent

—USA Today “Snapshots” (November 8, 1999)