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Originally posted by cash78mere
preparing one for adulthood and being a deterrant to learning are not opposites and shouldn't be compared directly.
how could it be preparing one for adulthood? do you get teased daily as a part of adulthood??? that makes no sense!!
people, especially kids, typically become more sensitive to the aspect of their body that gets teased. that causes inferiority, not strength. you may become more witty or thick-skinned to DEAL with the teasing, but it doesn't make you an adult. 
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Wel I guess I reacted differently then. I don't like that you're making such broad generalizations about everyone.
People will always react differently to different stimuli. It has to deal with the way you're wired. You may not get teased as an adult but I'll guarantee you -- at some point in your life you'll have someone else making jokes at your expense, belittling you in front of friends and colleagues or being otherwise verbally or physically abusive.
It happens. It's just that people I don't think always handle it well. There are ways of rationalizing what others say. I really don't think that it is universally harmful. For some perhaps, but not all.