DS6 has always been a follower, which we are quite OK with.
He isn’t a parent-pleaser; however, he definitely is a people-pleaser from his interaction with friends/peers.
As a parent, it’s frustrating to see him as a people-pleaser. He said mean things because his friends were doing it. He ate food, which he normally wouldn’t, because his friends were eating them. The list goes on...
I usually talk to him after those incidents, and he wouldn’t know why he did it.
I know he is only 6, but my biggest fear is that he would give into peer pressure as a teenager and start doing drugs/alcohol.
Any activities/books that we can read together that reinforce assertiveness? I am having a hard time finding books about peer pressure at elementary level.
TIA
