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When you talk to younger kids and you ask them about teasing, they think teasing is mean.

They say, you know, you wouldn't tease your friend because they're your friend.

That would be mean.

And it's not until early adolescence and into adolescence that...

You kind of understand there's some nuance there.

Right.

And you can say something that, you know, has that bite to it, has some of that meanness in it, but can still be fun and friendly.

Yeah.

And I think even as adults, we don't always get that.

I think, you know, teasing doesn't have a super clear definition, right?

We know there's something to do with humor.

There's, you know, there's some joking aspect to it, but then there's something to do with aggression.

There's that kind of, you know, mean-ish nature.

But I think we kind of throw around the word teasing a lot and we may not actually understand what it is all the time.

Yeah.

But we know it when it happens.

Right.

And we know that sometimes it can it can be fun and it can be super, super friendly.

And we just are having a laugh with our friends.

And sometimes it's not.