Were you ever teased when growing up?

Oh yes, I did get teased. For being a Christian, for being tall, for being fat (it's funny because I wasn't even onverweight back then), and for being smart. The only one that bothered me was the fat one. I mean, I didn't like being tall THEN, but now I'm glad.

Yes I was teased all through my Childhood because I was so quiet and I hated it this added to my insecurity among a lot of other things

yes i also being teased by my friends when i am still in school... they call me various mean names... fortunately, my parents are very supportive so it doesn't really affect me very much... but it still hurts and i wish that they won't do it to me... good on you for being able to move to another place and rescue your son from undergoing the same experience as you... well done...

I experienced being teased during my childhood, my aunt always tells me that i am ugly. I have a very low self-esteem when i was kid, i thought it was true, i envy my classmates and playmates who have some guys attracted to them. But when i grew up, i realized that my aunt is just trying to tease me realizing that i am prettier than her daughter lol!. I think she feels so insecure on me, because i am whiter than her daughter.

If there is a soul on earth that wasn't teased growing up, they're sure lucky. I think it's just a part of growing up to be teased...as much as it sucks. Because if you go through life never being teased what happens when it finally happens as an adult? You'd break down because you wouldn't know what to do (i mean, i don't know i just figure that's what would happen) because you've never dealt with it before. I had a larger chest than any other girl in my middle school so I was always made fun of for "stuffing my bra" which was so untrue. So I'd wear HUGE t-shirts to hide my chest. After much teasing for that and other things I discovered an escape. For me, it was music...and I just got lost in the music and I just learned to like what I like and be who I am without ever caring. Heck I still get talked about for having a large chest and I don't hide it anymore... usually I just pick on it too!

I was such a geek. I was tall and very underweight and parents made me wear weird clothes...no makeup etc. I was very very shy. somehow, I did manage to make friends. Yes, the teasing hurts...hurts alot. I used to come home from school and just break down crying. Yes, it hurts even more now to watch when your kids get picked on knowing how it feels. I now hold no hard feelings for those that picked on me. I think i learned alot of how not to be from them. It seems its everywhere. There is always a group of kids that will pick on others for anything and everything.

teasing is a normal thing and i like it. one thing about it is you get hurt when u r been tease but when u r teasing u get happy. But one rule is that u must be tolerant

I was teased for a long time growing up mostly about glasses and weight. I was happy when I no longer had to go school and although I have gotten past it, it took a long time to do it. AT PEACE WITHIN

I got picked quite a bit.I even got into a fight with a boy because he wouldn't quit picking on me.It's true that kids can be cruel but if it's not stopped early it can continue into adulthood.

yes i was i found when i didn't react it was much better but i think everyone got teased somewhat i know how it feels with your self esteem it really does a number on you if you are comfortable with yourself as you are it dosen't matter what anyone thinks or says they are the losers not you or your son

I was teased growing up. It was horrible and made me sad. It is really hard to see the same things happen to kids today. Even though I do not want my childern to be bullies sometimes I feel it would be easier than being thought of as someone people can push around. My daughter is going into grade 7 which was the worst time for me growing up with trying to fit in and belong and I hope that she can handle it and I will support her any way I can.

some people are so mean when they tease someone but i don't mind them and they stop, that simple. they are just bored human beings that has nothing to do with their own lives.

Being tease is a part of growin, we were teased and we teased others as well. every one passed thier childhood teasing as well, it is really part of childhpood and growing up. we cannot do anything about it, though i told my daughter no to do that. I heard her classmates tease her, it is really hurting for a mother that her child is being teased. thank God my daughter did notunderstand what was said to her. teased will affect us if we reacted to them negatively. wen i was a child, i don't bother with those teasing, it hurts but i did not allow it to affect me. i juz don't get close to children who did that...and so life goes on..

I totally agree with you that people who tease and bully others are trying to make up for something they are lacking to keep the focus away from them. It is really sad that the parents are grown and still acting like kids. They obvious don't have anything better to do with their lives. If you had the ability to move and it worked out, i don't blame you one bit for not wanting to put your son through what you went through. I think everybody was bullied a little, some more than others, when they were younger and until people start being good to one another and raising their children right, bullies will always be around to torment others.

yepper, i sure have. the crude, rude nickname "period head" rings a bell. you're absolutely right in what you are telling your son. i know i'm stronger for having dealt with the adversity, and he will be too. life is a whole lot longer than those few seemingly long years of school.

I had this name that invited a lot of puns, and I also wore glasses, so I did get a lot of teasing. Mind you I teased my brother a bit. I was not overweight, but I was stocky and there was a girl who always picked on me. I had low self=esteem, but it was not the girls who teased me that cause me, but my father who always pointed out my bad points.

I personally was never teased while growing up, but I saw first hand what your son went through when we lived together in the small town that your talking about. I am so glad that we moved away from there and that now he has the close friends that he does, but most of all that he isn't being teased anymore, has a better self esteem, and he is an all around happier kid! I'm also proud of you for getting him out of that hell hole town and to a place where he would be able to start over fresh! Another thing I like about where we live now is that the schools have a no teasing policy, I love that! I wish each and every school had one!

The only one who teased me was my older sister and she did it relentlessly. None of the kids at school teased me. Now so many years later my sister and I get along but we are not as close as we would have been if she had not treated me so badly as kids. If we spend too much time together even now she will pick on me or even sometimes reminisce about the teasing.

Hi BlueAngelRS! I was teased by a couple of kids in our neighborhood in my growing years. I used to be so paper thin that they call me a walking stick and they laughed so hard while calling me names. My mother used to tell me not to mind them because they are just a bunch of kids who resorted to name callings because they are don't feel good with themselves and probably they are not happy inside their homes and she told me that what really matters is what I see and think about myself. My mother told me that I am beautiful inside and out. Well, that did the trick for me, because I really don't care what they say because what mattered to me is what I think about myself. I guess, I looked up to my mother and always believe her. I do agreee with you that when people teased you, it hurts your self esteem but I believe that sincere,positive words can always erase the hurt inside. Take care and have a nice day!

Yes i was teased all throughout highschoolfrom grade 8 to grade 12,it hurt me so much that it still hurts me as of today.The girls would never leave me alone and call me ugly,muttly,dogface etc.Everyday i did not want to go to school from being scared of being pushed,tripped on the school bus,punched in the arm or back by these(group)of girls.Then the boys started in on it too.They too called me the same as the girls.My life was miserable.But today im 34 years old and meet up with them by chance in the next town at a store or so.They just stare at me.I dont say hello at all.I just laugh in my head saying"yeah,look at you,youve become something really good to look at,potatoe."This is my revenge,i knoe i look pretty darn good and that some of them regret what they did,and put me through!.This will kill me if my daughter goes through the same as me.