As a child/teen what was the reason you teased other kids?

Question

For example for me it was because they were not as pretty as me

Answer 1

It was just fun I guess... but usually just made fun of people who deserved it.

Answer 2

Depends on the person; followers join in and tease to prove they are a member of whatever social group holds a certain opinion of the victim; this agreement allows them to be 'accepted' by their group. Leaders are people who have not developed any sense of how others feel, and cannot (or will not) identify with the victim... they 'objectify' people. Often the perpetrators of teasing stop when they are suddenly placed in a situation where they get to know the victim a little better (the objectivity disappears- and the victim becomes a human). Some good-natured teasing happens when others actually like the 'victim' but don't really realize how their teasing is really being perceived; its all in how the person on the receiving end reacts!
- It doesn't help with the victim refuses to confront the people who tease him or her-- it is necessary to stand up for oneself and verbalize how the treatment is making them feel.
- I personally feel this is the only way to deal with a bully-- and I've dealt with many! Calm assertion of how their behavior makes you feel is necessary, as is standing your ground because you have a right to feel this way.

Answer 3

I didn't. I was the one on the receiving end of all the teasing. I didn't dress as well as everyone else....or at least not as expensive, but I always looked neat and clean. I didn't get to see all the movies everyone else got to see because my mother wouldn't let me see R rated movies til I was 15. I had a few bad haircuts when I was really little and that seemed to set the tone for the rest of my school experience because everyone remembered that. But you know what? I'm better than that now. I'd be willing to bet that I'm happier now than any of those people who did the teasing.

Answer 4

um.... i was usually the one being teased from kindergarten right through primary school and junior high (first i was the foreign kid who didn't know the language too well, then i was the foreign kid who became better than the local kids and got higher grades than them, then i was the ugly, straight-A, geeky, comic-loving, introverted weirdo who played soccer and wrestled better than the boys did)...until high school finally arrived and everyone who used to tease me suddenly wanted to either be my best friend or my boy-friend. (i cut my hair, spiked it, started wearing cooler clothes, make-up, going to parties and clubs AS WELL as remaining a straigh-A student, who now knows the language better than any local my age, by the way...).

so really i agree with the guy who said kids tease coz of jealousy...what they don;t understand is that they will seriously regret it later on when the ppl they teased surpass them. being nice to everyone has its benefits, coz then everyone will return the favor when u get older. u never know when u might need one of ur old school-mates... or which one of the ugly ducklings is going to transform into a beautiful swan!

Answer 5

I never really teased others, i was teased as a child because i am in a wheelchair and i think its just plain MEAN

Answer 6

Actually for you, it was because they were prettier than you and you were intimidated by this so you teased them to make yourself feel better. That is why kids tease others. It makes insecure kids feel more like they belong if they ostracize another.

Answer 7

I don't ever recall teasing other children. What I do recall is being teased, and of defending other children who were teased ( got in a number of fights over this ). Heh!

Answer 8

Well... in K-4th grade, it was just fun to see how long it took to make another kid cry...

In the 5th and 6th grade, there was this "pack" of us. We would mess with other people, challenge them and their friends to fights and watch them back down...if they accepted, we kicked their a$$.

in the 7th grade, we had established a name for ourselves, and teasing, fighting, and goofing around was fun again. So we did. Until we graduated.

Answer 9

To be with the in crowd. I either had to go along with the ridicule or be the one getting ridiculed for not. I am happy to say though, I decided that if the IN crowd were so crule then I would rather hang out with the losers and so I did.

Answer 10

No. We had an American girl in our history class that we gave a hard time to. She honestly couldn't understand why the rest if the world didn't do things the way the US did. It drove all us Aussies nuts

Answer 11

Because they teased others.