All children will deal with peer pressure.  We adults still deal with it as well, though hopefully we are better prepared.  Use this activity to teach your children how strong peer pressure can be and what to do to stay true to what they know is right.
 
Read:  Romans 12:2 aloud.  Let children read from their Bible and you from yours.  Briefly discuss the similarities in the wording and explain that their Bible is written so they can understand it and yours is written for adults.  Let them explain what they thing the passage means.
 
Do:  Now try this "group think" activity to teach them the importance of remaining faithful to what they know is true, even when others pressure them to do otherwise.  Ask one of the children to go into another room and close the door while the rest of the family organizes the activity.  On a piece of paper, draw three horizontal lines of slightly different lengths, labeled “A,” “B” and “C.”  Tell the other members of the family that when the other sibling returns, you are going to ask him to tell you which of the three lines is the longest.  When he selects the correct line, everyone must say that is wrong.  If “A” is the longest, the group will insist that this is wrong and ask the child to choose again.  After several rounds, the child will either go along with the crowd and select the wrong line or remain true to what he knows is right and insist he is correct.
 
Let them in on the right answer and discuss what made them choose how they did after the group said they were wrong.
 
Ask:  How did that feel to know you were right and to be told you were wrong?  Did you start to doubt yourself?  Did you want to give them an answer they would like?  Have you ever felt like that before?  Can you think of a time when your friends or others at school might try to get you to do something you know is wrong?  Discuss how to handle that situation.  Tell them about some peer pressure situations you have dealt with even if you didn’t deal with it in the best way.  Let kids learn from both your successes and your mistakes.  Help them come up with answers to say like, “ I always stick to what I know is right” or give them permission to use you as a scapegoat – “I would get in so much trouble if I did that.”  Lead them in understanding that sometimes others want to convince us that something is right or wrong so that they will feel better about it.  In those situations, we can say a quick prayer to God in our heads and ask for strength to stick to what we know is true.  Let them know that you will always take their side in a situation where they tried to do the right thing.
 
Close in prayer and ask God to help you all stay true to Him even when others try to convince you otherwise.