@ Natalie, glad you liked it.

@ Bamboo Forest, I agree that we pay far too little attention to emotional attacks. But punch someone, and everything thinks they should sue. Why are physical attacks supposed to be so much worse? I think the blame for teasing is shared my lots of people, and we all need to do our part.

@ Akemi, very interesting about the cancer thing. They say there’s really something to the mind-body connection. I hadn’t heard about the “loving words,” but I can see how it’s important.

Words can also have positive effects, just as powerful as its destructive effects. So it’s important to tell our loved ones how wonderful they are and how much we care about them.

We can make a beautiful New World by using loving words. In Buddhism, “loving words” is a way of spiritual practice, and it’s considered to be as essential as other practices such as meditation, or giving to charity.

That said… Where are the parents when kids are teasing others? Yes, I want to put much blame on the parents. Obviously, much of the responsibility goes to those who tease too, they’re not let off the hook by any means. They are equally responsible, but it could have been avoided had the parents instilled the importance of not teasing. If not fully, it would certainly diminish it.

Words can have profoundly damaging effects. I think we tend to roll our eyes when we hear of teasing. Because it’s an emotional assault and not a physical one.

But that’s a mistake. Because the detrimental effects from teasing can have profoundly devastating effects. More devastating than getting physically beat up and mugged. Where as that is a one time ocurrence, teasing is something done over and over again (relentlessly) and it can leave its marks for years and years. If not a lifetime.

So… Yeah… I really do want to know where the parents are when their child is teasing other children. Teasing them, and making their life miserable. My belief is that every parent should have a good long talk with their kids about teasing (many of them), how detrimental it can be and how if the parent ever finds out their child has been teasing, there’s going to be some serious consequences.

But here’s the thing: The parents would probably never find out. So in that case, they need to, from as early as possible, instill upon their children that you just don’t tease. That you respect your classmates. That you treat them like human beings.

That you seek out self-esteem from places other than teasing and putting others down.

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