This topic is for people who like to tease others to upset them.

Maybe you know someone who teases others.
Maybe you are someone who likes to tease others.
Sometimes teasing is called harassment.
Sometimes teasing is so bad that it is called bullying - when someone is being made to feel very unhappy because of nasty teasing.
After you have read this topic, you could have a look at two other topics
Being teased and Are you a bystander?
Why people tease others
People often tease others because they have learned that:
people like to be entertained
people notice them if they are teasing
they feel powerful when others seem to be afraid of them (do you think that is really being powerful?)
they like to be the centre of attention and they can't think how else to do it
they can get away with it
they don't have many ideas about how to get along with others.
they think that it's OK to pick on some kids.
They are right about people liking to be entertained, but they need to learn how to entertain WITHOUT hurting other people or their feelings.
If you are one of the people who has learned to tease others in an unkind way then now is a good time for you to do some unlearning.
Unlearning is forgetting what you have learned that is wrong and learning something better.
What you need to know about teasing others
When teasing upsets someone, everyone around feels uncomfortable.
Teasing is not OK if it hurts people's feelings.
Having people afraid of you is not as good as having friends.
Being the centre of bad attention is not as great as being the centre of good attention.
Picking on kids who are different in some way is never OK. That makes you a bully and no one likes bullies.
If you tease others then no one will stick up for you when you are being teased.
If you want to have friends then you need to learn how to be a friend.
Everyone has a right to feel safe.
There are laws against harassment wherever that harassment takes place and you could get into a lot of trouble.
Maybe you thought teasing was cool because that's how you have been treated or are treated in some part of your life. If you are being teased then you need to read what you can do about it and ask for help to deal with it.
Ask yourself, “Would I like someone to talk about or treat me in this way?” before you do any teasing or name-calling and listen to your answer.
If someone is treating you badly - tell an adult you can trust.
How you can ‘unlearn’
Give other people the chance to get to know you as a person rather than someone to avoid because of your teasing or bullying.
Get to know yourself - ask your mum or dad and your teacher what they really like about you - that is part of you too.
Work on making friends.
Make positive comments about people. Say nice things to other people as well.
Look for ‘good’ attention.
Help people build their skills instead of putting them down because they're not very good.
Set yourself some goals eg. “Today I will make good comments about 3 people.” (‘build-ups’)
Join in with games as one of the crowd, not trying to take over.
Learn to cooperate with others - sometimes do what they want, not just what you want. It might be fun.
If some of these things seem too hard for you, talk about it to your mum or dad or your teacher and ask them to help you. (Source: cyh.com)