Your Opinion : Do you think Childhood teasing turns into bullying?

Question

I have just finished writing my reserach on the topic above and i will like to know your view if you think Childhood teasing turns into bullying and why?

Grateful for your response.

Thanks

Answer 1

Well, it has been proved that if you live in a family where the father beats the children, especially the boys, odds are they are going to follow in their father's foosteps, unless they get some help.  With help you can the running strain.  Als0. some people, if they hang around normal families can relizet what they they have grown up with is not the only way to live.

Answer 2

at least for girls, teasing is bullying. i got "gently" made fun of in elementary school, then in middle school it was so brutal i didnt even want to go to school! At least with punchces, you can fight back

Answer 3

Well... in my opinion, teasing is bullying.

Answer 4

depends on the child.

Answer 5

no

'teasing' can be defined as children testing boundaries, both in terms of language and physical strenght. similar to wolf cubs biting one another in play!

'bullying' is a form of domination, and is very much dependant on the individual child bullying/being bullied. It should not be tolerated.

There is a difference. Kids need to be kids, but they should be guided away from being bad.

Answer 6

i think a lot depends on how far it is allowed to go and if the object of the teasing minds or not

i do think however that adults (parents as well as teachers) ought to keep more of an eye on it and nip it in the bud before it escalates

at my son's school (he is 9) any reports on bullying are dealt with the same day.  if it continues then parents are bought into the equation.

there were a couple of lads involved in bullying at my sons previous school.  one was the ideas man (go and hit that child over there would you?) ie the 'godfather' and the other one (a huge lad in all 3 dimensions) would go and do it ie the 'enforcer'.   one day my son had enough and punched the lights out of 'the godfather' IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL. Obviously the head teacher HAD to tell me about it but other parents were congratulating me on a job well done (ie - about time something got done about it, etc).  I asked her WHY my son HAD to be driven to that point and why those two bullies were not effectively stopped from their activities.

at the new school those two were put in separate classes and told they were not allowed to play with each other at break and lunchtime - why on earth it couldnt ahve been dealt with in that wawy at the first school i still dont understand.

the godfather has recreated his image to a class clown rather than a bully (a step up methinks) but the enforcer has found himself in trouble during unstructured time such as lunch and break so his mum has to take him home very lunchtime

now THATS progress!

Answer 7

to me, the teasing is bullying!  Anytime one child makes another feel bad on purpose, it's bullying!

Answer 8

the people carrying out the 'teasing' might think it is harmless, but the child being teased might see if differently.  If a child is singled out and is being mercilessly teased by a group of other kids then that is bullying

Answer 9

I think it can.  Some people become really depressed and feel worthless after being teased in school.  They think that person was bullying them beacsue they deserved it and they don't cherish their life as much as they could.  I also think that some people take it differently and retaliate in the same sense.  They think it is okay to bully, because somenine was doing the same to them when they were younger.  Just my opinion.