Looks

I was very guilty of doing this in my Catholic grade school. There was this kid by the last name of Burns who really smelled and had these huge sideburns. We called him 'Burnsy.' I honestly feel bad about it but as I type this review, I'm laughing hysterically.

Since I was never really great looking, and kind of chubby, when I was younger, I know all to well, that kids will and can find the most meanest and hurtful things, imaginable to say and or do, those someone, who isn't all that great looking.

It's so sad how people do this kind of stuff....And the sadder thing is that it's often their parents who teach them to do it.

It is so sad that by kindergarten children have already put so much importance on good looks. if a child is not "pretty or handsome enough" they get to have a lifetime of harassment for "daring" to not look good enough. does not matter if somone is nice. they good looking kids are the ones who are put on a pedastal even if they have the personality of a rock. less attractive kids are definite targets for bullies who seem to think it is just fine to punish a child for not being pretty enough.{ sometimes even teachers show favoratism toward the cuter kids} more than likely they have lived in a home where they have witnessed parents doing the same thing. making fun of another person for how they look.

Kids will rip into classmates for any reason they can find. From anything to braces to the choice of bookbag you have, there's always something. It's not very nice, but it's about establishing a pecking order. Every kid has been the target of teasing/bullying at some point (some worse than others). Some kid got beat up on the school bus; happens every day, but this kid ended up on the Today show with his mom. I feel bad for the kid, but running onto national TV because if it isn't going to solve anything (if anything, it'll make it a hell of a lot worse). You can't always help what happens to you, but what defines you is how you react to those situations. Sure, teach your kid to not start fights and "turn the other cheek" when stuff happens, but also teach your kid to defend themselves (with self-control). Your kid can't help it if they didn't start the fight, but they might just have to end it. Teaching them to stand up to bullies gives them the self-respect and d... Read more

Looks are one of the most obvious and easy targets of cruelty.If someone is "different",kids are likely to ostracize them.This is because,for all of the boasting about individualism,at bottom this is a conformist culture.

If any kid looks different guaranteed their going to be picked on. I saw in the news this one girl was thirteen and she was over 6ft, the kids at her school made life for her so unbareable she had to leave. The only positive thing I could say is that rather than be ashamed of what their peers may class as abnormal, this is something that makes them special and unique and as the years go on they should learn to appreciate it and make the best of it rather than hide it.

I was never one to pick on people, but I was certainly picked on for a few of the things on this list, including this. I was always too short, too skinny, wore glasses, cut my hair too short ("looked like a boy") the list goes on. I found that I truly didn't care whether or not people thought I was good-looking, because my self-esteem never revolved around it. I hate to hear young people, especially under 5th grade, talk about how bad someone looks, because they put way too much emphasis on it at such an early age. Actually, I hate to hear in general, but I'm hearing more and more younger kids talking about how ugly they are (because people say so), and they should never be worried about that. Kids shouldn't have to deal with the stresses of looking good, that people in the dating world are facing because of the adult emphasis on attraction.

When you are younger, belonging to a group is so much about appearance. If you don't look like you belong, then kids won't let you in.

Most kids, even the "beautiful people' will deal with this at some point. I was a very popular kid all through school. I was picked on because of that more than anything! Jocks hated me because I had long hair but still had mroe girlfriends than they did. I was a "tennis Jock' and we were not recieved well by the footballers. I was small, skinny, and a clown. It seems everybody will draw enemies. Only takes time.....kids!

One girl in 6th grade told me that my face looked like my butt (ouch).