Laughing at a 6-year-old who fell down some steps?

Question

Today, I saw one of my neighborhood's kids, a 6-year-old boy, fall down some steps. Then, I saw some teenagers walking by who also saw him fall. And they were laughing. I know people laugh at others who trip/fall with minor injuries (America's Funniest Home Videos). But what about kids, who are still growing, getting a frightful experience that both hurts them physically and mentally? What is your opinion?

Answer 1

I would laughin too...then I probably who help the kid

Answer 2

Funny is funny.  As long as the kid is not bleeding all over the stairs any teenager is going to laugh.

Answer 3

Teenagers become hyenas when they travel in packs. The saying goes "two heads are better than one" but as far as teenagers go, two heads are making them dumb.

They're far smarter on their own.

Answer 4

well at first its kinda funny just to see someone fall

but when you see that they're hurt you should stop laughing and help.

Answer 5

It is not funny when someone falls period. They could get hurt.

Answer 6

Sometimes people just laugh about stuff like that even if they try not to

Answer 7

It's what I'd expect them to do.

Answer 8

Those guys are really mean jerks i hope they get something worse happen to them so they learn how it feels like to be hurt and i hope they learn next time they see something like they will try to help out and not laugh.

Answer 9

I know it's harsh but as you said, people laugh at others on TV all the time. These kids may not be making the connection that even though the fall can appear funny, it's not really funny in situ to laugh at someone's misfortunes.

Answer 10

That's really mean.

Answer 11

It's not funny, but sometimes (especially for teenagers) it's hard not to laugh. As long as the boy wasn't hurt I suppose there's no harm.

Answer 12

I would have to say that it is good for a child to learn to laugh at themselves and/or learn to be tough enough to take the laughter.

If the teenagers had pushed him down, that would be another story.

Answer 13

Many teenagers are so busy trying to be cool in front of their friends that they don't care about anything else.  Those kids were clods and someday they will be laughed at at an inappropriate time as well...things like that always come back to bite you on the butt.