How can kids be so cruel to other kids...!?!?!?

I agree, that was awful.

Sometimes this happens with my son. He is small and easily batted about, and there have been times when I had to rescue him from kids circling him and swatting at him while he closes his ears and screams.

One time, I had to tell my daughter, "You have to tell other kids--this is my brother, leave him alone--and then other kids will follow you." She understood, and has always stood by him after that. But still, I am very careful not to put him in any situation where boisterous children can get carried away.

In a way it's good they showed that scene. People need to see what it's like for these poor autistic kids.

Mahika.

kids can b extremely cruel,thts a fact..and it happens all over the world,not jst India..tht is also a fact..

I agree. Kids can be cruel and their is no explanation other than the parents did not teach them that that is wrong. They learn from example. I am not saying only parents are at fault but when it happens they have to teach what is right and wrong. I see lots of time the parents defend their kids for the wrong reason and thus setting up a wrong message.

Children all over the world are cruel, unfortunately, Some of them learn to be unkind from their "wonderful" parents and some pick it up in school. Wherever they pick it up, its a global problem not just in India.

Kids are cruel and it has nothing to do with parents. They may understand that it is wrong, but sometimes the "benefits" of being cruel outweigh the fact that it is wrong. Sometimes kids treat another person badly to "impress" another kid, or they make one kid laugh at another kids' expense. This is true of ALL kids, and much of the time the parents will never even be aware of it. Kids have treated me cruelly when I was a child, and I did my fair share of unkind things too. You don't need to worry about India or America or anywhere else in the world. These kids will grow up to be perfectly well adjusted adults. You can't expect a 5 year old to be a perfect and morally upstanding citizen when not even adults are. They make mistakes and move on.

Children that young actually don't have it in them to be naturally cruel. The desire to impress their peers comes out in them around the age of 7 or 8 typically. They have to be learning such behaviours by example, and while I agree it's not just an Indian thing, it seems to be a more common occurrence amongst our people... the whole paagal vs. autism thing for example. People in India try to hide away those members of society who have mental problems, they feel shame for having someone like that in their family. That is not something we see as a common occurence in the west. Ok, never mind even those people with mental problems, but for example, how about the way people treat their servants in small towns or smaller cities? I've personally seen an incident where a well off boy ran his cycle over a his servants son's foot, breaking the foot. He just dismissed it to me as the kid being a "nobody, just a servant" when I took him to task over it. In this case the well off boy was MY OWN COUSIN, I'm ashamed to say!!! I took the poor kid to a doctor friend of ours who arranged for him to get treatment (since I had no idea where to go for a clinic where we were staying in India) Having lived in Europe, the middle East, and The States, I know for a fact that people here have compassion for those less fortunate than themselves... either medically or otherwise. There is a great value for life here, be it the life of a millionaire, or of a homeless vagabond who lives on the streets.

kids can be very cruel and its all over the world. and its not just normal kids being cruel to autistic ones. i remember my classmates being cruel to me. many a times my mom would find me in tears at the end of the day as our last period was sports and something would happen there. and it wasnt only me. going to school used to be a pain. but by the time i was abt 7-8 things had changed and going to school was joy where i had lots of friends. i remember the bullies also had matured and became well behaved.

the way kids behave wid other kids has a lot to do with their upbringing but i agree wid the topic starter that the problem is more acute in india then in other countries as here ppl tell their kids not to mix up wid some kids as they are inferior to them as they either are poor or belong to a lower caste this influences kids in a wrong manner and they start feeling that they are superior to certain kids and at times they start bullying them