Nottingham Post published Kate Royse: Taking the pressure off young people

After a case where a young boy stabbed a girl for a dare, Girlguiding Nottinghamshire County Commissioner Kate Royse gives her thoughts on saying 'no' to peer pressure. A shocking story was brought to my attention the other day. It was a report that a boy of 14 in Liverpool had slashed the legs of another child because his friends had dared him to do it. Did it occur to him to say no, I wonder? Why was the peer pressure too strong to resist? Friends are a powerful force in every child's...