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What Can I Do About What Can I Do About Teasing?Teasing?
What is Teasing?What is Teasing?
Words or actions that cause others to Words or actions that cause others to doubt their worth doubt their worth – Put downsPut downs– Pointing out differencesPointing out differences– Calling someone namesCalling someone names
From: “But I Was Only Joking” by Eric Henry at
www.responsiveclassroom.org
Teasing: Teasing: Is it Is it Friendly?Friendly? Or Or Unfriendly?Unfriendly?
Laughing with you Laughing with you not at younot at you
People that are People that are good friendsgood friends
People that can People that can accept teasing accept teasing from youfrom you
Respect you if you Respect you if you ask them to stopask them to stop
Laughing at you or Laughing at you or at something you at something you said or didsaid or did
People that you People that you don’t know very don’t know very wellwell
Keep it up even if it Keep it up even if it makes you feel badmakes you feel bad
How do I know if it’s How do I know if it’s really unfriendly really unfriendly
teasing?teasing?
How do I know if it’s How do I know if it’s really unfriendly really unfriendly
teasing?teasing?
““I’m still not sure if it’s I’m still not sure if it’s friendly or not”friendly or not”
Talk it out with an adult or Talk it out with an adult or friend that you really trustfriend that you really trust
Responding to Teasing: Responding to Teasing: Friendly?Friendly? Or Or Unfriendly?Unfriendly?
Smile – It’s a Smile – It’s a jokejoke
Shrug it offShrug it off Joke backJoke back
Stay calmStay calm Tell an adult if it Tell an adult if it
is threatening or is threatening or repeated oftenrepeated often
Decide: Ignore Decide: Ignore or Respond? or Respond?
Decide: Decide: IgnoreIgnore or or Respond???Respond???
If you decide to If you decide to ignoreignore::– Walk awayWalk away– Look awayLook away– Join a group of friendsJoin a group of friends– Talk to someone elseTalk to someone else
Decide: Decide: Ignore or Ignore or RespondRespond??
If you decide to If you decide to respondrespond - Be - Be AssertiveAssertive– Hold your head up Hold your head up
highhigh– Look at the other Look at the other
personperson
Responding Responding to Unfriendly to Unfriendly
TeasingTeasing
Use humor Use humor Give a neutral Give a neutral
response response
That was a good one –
HA HA!
Funny – Can I use that line?
WHATEVER!
So? more
Responding Responding to Unfriendly to Unfriendly
TeasingTeasingTell them to Tell them to
STOP in a firm, STOP in a firm, calm voicecalm voice
Use Use mildmild sarcasm sarcasm
Real mature! Like I
would care
Give me a break
Cut it out!
Go away and stop bothering
me!
After You Respond:After You Respond:
Walk awayWalk away Look awayLook away Join a group of friendsJoin a group of friends Talk to someone elseTalk to someone else
One Easy SolutionOne Easy Solution
If you are being teased in the If you are being teased in the same situation each day, ask a same situation each day, ask a friend or a teacher to walk or sit friend or a teacher to walk or sit
with you for a few days.with you for a few days.
““But, sometimes it really But, sometimes it really makes me feel bad and I makes me feel bad and I
can’t stop thinking about it.”can’t stop thinking about it.”
Think to yourself
“the opinions of this one person are not important”
Let it Bounce off – think about the words bouncing right off of you
GET HELP – Tell your parents, teacher or other adult – talk it
out!
““How do I know when I How do I know when I need to get help from need to get help from
an adult?”an adult?” When you are being teased many When you are being teased many
times each daytimes each day When you have been threatened in When you have been threatened in
any wayany way When you are feeling very bad about When you are feeling very bad about
yourselfyourself When you just don’t know what else When you just don’t know what else
to doto do
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Good StuffNegative Stuff
Don’t Forget the Good StuffDon’t Forget the Good Stuff
So, what do you think?So, what do you think?
What should
you do if you see
someone else being
teased?www.wikipedia.org
Responding to TeasingResponding to Teasing Decide if it’s friendly Decide if it’s friendly
or unfriendlyor unfriendly Decide whether you Decide whether you
want to ignore it or want to ignore it or respondrespond
Respond assertivelyRespond assertively Get help when you Get help when you
need itneed it Don’t forget the Don’t forget the
good stuff!good stuff!
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