Teasing A 2 Year Old. What Does It Do To The Child

My 12 year old daughter teases me by mocking my accomplishments. Is this normal?

It’s normal for a 12 year old to attempt to provoke their parents.It’s also normal for the parents to occasionally lose their patience with their beloved child(ren).I urge you to deal with her in the same way you’d deal with her at age 2 or 4 when this urge to prove her separateness last reared its exasperating head: acknowledge her need for separation by providing age-appropriate latitude (i.e. she can choose what to do in her free time, how to wear her hair, etc.).DON’T take her bait, and DO require her to abide by your boundaries (parents should reinforce “don’t treat your [other parent] like that!” the same way they’d enforce sibling civility).So for example when she mocks you, you can say “Are you mocking me?” and when she says “No, you’re just stupid and boring” (i.e. “yes”) you can say “That’s not a nice thing to say to someone, and I don’t want to be around you when you behave like that. Go to your room until you can behave in a civil way.” or “I don’t need your approval to do what I think best, and I feel good about what I did, regardless of your attempt to make me feel bad about it. But I wonder why you tried to do that?” — depends on your parenting style, of course.

How would you feel if your 22-year-old adult child got upset after you teased them?

Well, it depends, what were you teasing about and did you take it too far? Are you notorious for teasing to the point that it is hurtful and no longer meant to be light hearted fun? Even at 22, your child can get their feelings hurt if you say something negative about their looks, intelligence, or life. Who here has everything together and working perfectly at 22? Not many, 22 is still very young, still there are feelings of inadequacy or uncertainty, why reinforce that with negative comments. Why not be the parent who encourages instead of teases. On some level, I find the whole idea of teasing your child to be petty and mean spirited if you do it to the degree that it hurts and or upsets the child. This does not shift when they grow up, I still find it wrong. I get it that some families tease as just part of their thing, but, if you have someone who clearly is sensitive to it and it’s not fun for them, then cut the crap out.

My 12 year old is getting teased in school for not yet attaining puberty. How can I help?

Since my male classmates frequent my Quora, I figure it would be best to go anonymous.I'm a sixteen-year-old girl and I've never had my period. My breasts are tiny—not even an A cup. They've been frozen in development for two and a half years.I've never been truly teased too often, but people have skated over the subject several times, and I have been mocked for it occasionally.You could get these kids punished, but then they'd still have the drive to do it—and the deterrent may not be sufficiently powerful.I think his best weapon is acknowledgement.“Ugh, boobs are so annoying, don't you think?”“I don't know; I don't have any.”If it's more aggressive:“Your boobs are tiny! Aren't they tiny?”“Yep, I've noticed,” or “Thanks for telling me that extremely useful piece of advice. I will cherish it for the rest of eternity,” or “Oh, wow, really?”Sarcasm is his best bet. Teasing is usually due to a need for acceptance from peers—if your son can make the bully’s friends laugh harder at his jokes than at the bully's, the bully will be insulted and annoyed and your son will no longer be a verbal target—though beware, because this may make him a physical one.

How could I prevent my 6 year old son from hitting his older sisters when they tease him? I already told him to never hurt a girl.

Probably the easiest thing to do would be to tell his sisters to stop teasing him.Yes, it's important to teach your son not to hit girls. It's also important to teach your son not to hit anyone, unless he feels physically threatened. But he's six years old. He's still learning impulse control.It's equally important that you teach your older daughters that they shouldn't be teasing their brother. Most likely, they're doing because they know it’ll provoke a violent reaction — little brother in trouble, they walk away scot-free.Also, I'm looking at the phrasing “hit back”, and I don't know if that means he’s hitting first or they’re hitting first. If they’re hitting first and not getting in trouble for it — why? Because they're girls and he's a boy, so it's okay? That's a double standard that really bugs me. (If I’m to read it that they tease with words, and he responds with hitting, then of course the double standard of “boys can't hit girls but girls can hit boys” doesn't apply here.)Tell your daughters to knock it off and punish them if they don't obey. Show your son that actions have consequences — not just for him, but for his sisters as well.

How do I start making my 4 year old kid wear spectacles without getting teased by fellow kids?

Talk to the teacher. At 4 yo he/she’s in KG - and at that age, childeren listen to teachers. If you have a nice teacher, half the battle is won - request the teacher to introduce it as show and tell, and make the children get ‘wowed’ at the idea of ‘spectacles and how they work’. This will be awesome support to your little one and children will hesitate before teasing.Boost your kids self confidence - you shouldn’t agree with him/her that glasses are a concern. He should be excited about it like a new bag to take to school. You need to create that build up. He should enter his class and announce - hey look I have absolutely new spectacles and they are awesome. Similar to what he would do when he had a new bag/pencil box.Cool glasses - Get him/her a pair that they adore and of their favourite character (we had no choices growing up, I grew up in glasses bigger than my face and still managed to rule it! Lol) - this will make him feel happy.Make him proud - Show him all the great people who wear spectacles. Superman does by the way as Clark Kent.I think a combination of all above should ease your little ones life of being a rocking glasses wearer! :-)