History Main / KidsareCruel

Note that the victim is almost always the protagonist; at least fictionland doesn't think bullies are good protagonist material... unless [[AntiHero they]] can grow a [[PermaStubble stubble]], that is. In TeenDrama, the AlphaBitch and the JerkJock represent this trope. One way to defuse the abuse is for the kid to make his aggressors [[DidYouThinkICantFeel realize what they're feeling.]] This only works if [[RousseauWasRight the mean kids are good but misguided]] though, if they aren't a beat down is in order.

'''[[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease Please do not add any real life examples.]]''' This trope is TruthInTelevision, as if we needed to say it, but to list the examples would be asking for an Administrivia/EditWar.

If the target of abuse could easily rip them apart if it wanted and the kids ''know'' it, then they're BullyingADragon (not to mention TooDumbToLive). And even if the target of abuse is not superpowered at the time, just wait until the bully-magnet who UsedToBeASweetKid undergoes a StartOfDarkness, possibly as a result of the cruelty of other kids, and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, often at a point when the bullies themselves have forgotten the whole thing.

See also TeensAreMonsters, BigBrotherBully, and HumansAreBastards. Contrast ChildrenAreInnocent. The RoyalBrat is a particularly disturbing take on this. AdultsAreUseless for when the majority, if not, all the bullying occurs all the time because the adults ignore it, are oblivious or, in a few extreme instances, actively encourage it out of a sadistic desire to see the victim suffer.

* Catbug from ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'' is naive and child-like. As a result he doesn't quite understand right and wrong. Due to this, episodes have dealt with him being both a kleptomaniac and a murderer.

It should be worth noting, however, that [[RousseauWasRight not all Kids are Cruel]], and there an in fact some out there who show shades of ChildrenAreInnocent territory due to naturally being in need of adult protection and maintaining a good-natured demeanor.

Of course one of the causes of this trope in real life is explained in Developmental Psych. It's called ego-centralism and until a child reaches a certain point in their mental development they don't understand that their actions hurt others as they are not hurt themselves.

* KidsAreCruel/FanFiction

If the target of abuse could easily rip them apart if it wanted and the kids ''know'' it, then the kids are BullyingADragon (not to mention TooDumbToLive). And even if the target of abuse is not superpowered at the time, just wait until the bully-magnet that UsedToBeASweetKid undergoes a StartOfDarkness, possibly as a result of the cruelty of other kids, and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, often at a point when the bullies themselves have forgotten the whole thing.

Of course one of the causes for this trope in real life is explained in Developmental Psych. It's called ego-centralism and until a child reaches a certain point in their mental development they don't understand that their actions hurt others as they are not hurt themselves.

See also TeensAreMonsters, BigBrotherBully, and HumansAreBastards. Contrast ChildrenAreInnocent. The RoyalBrat is a particularly disturbing take on this. AdultsAreUseless for when the majority, if not, all the bullying occurs all the time because the adults ignore it or are oblivious.

See also TeensAreMonsters, BigBrotherBully, and HumansAreBastards. Contrast ChildrenAreInnocent[[note]]It's worth mentioning that the Biblical definition of "innocent" roughly translates to "having no knowledge of good and evil", in a sense [[PureIsNotGood amoral]], which fits this trope better[[/note]]. The RoyalBrat is a particularly disturbing take on this. AdultsAreUseless for when the majority, if not, all the bullying occurs all the time because the adults ignore it or are oblivious.

'''[[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease Please do not add any real life examples.]]''' This trope is TruthInTelevision, as if we needed to say it, but to list the examples would be asking for an EditWar.

See also TeensAreMonsters, BigBrotherBully, and HumansAreBastards. Contrast ChildrenAreInnocent [[note]]It's worth mentioning that the Biblical definition of "innocent" roughly translates to "having no knowledge of good and evil", in a sense [[PureIsNotGood amoral]], which fits this trope better[[\note]]. The RoyalBrat is a particularly disturbing take on this. AdultsAreUseless for when the majority, if not, all the bullying occurs all the time because the adults ignore it or are oblivious.

See also TeensAreMonsters, BigBrotherBully, and HumansAreBastards. Contrast ChildrenAreInnocent[[note]]It's worth mentioning that the Biblical definition of "innocent" roughly translates to "having no knowledge of good and evil", in a sense [[PureIsNotGood amoral]], which fits this trope better[[\note]]. The RoyalBrat is a particularly disturbing take on this. AdultsAreUseless for when the majority, if not, all the bullying occurs all the time because the adults ignore it or are oblivious.

See also TeensAreMonsters, BigBrotherBully, and HumansAreBastards. Contrast ChildrenAreInnocent. The RoyalBrat is a particularly disturbing take on this. AdultsAreUseless for when the majority, if not, all the bullying occurs all the time because the adults ignore it or are oblivious.

'''[[NoRealLifeExamplesPlease Please do not add any real life examples.]]''' This trope is TruthInTelevision, as if we needed to say it, but to list the examples would be asking for an EditWar.

->''"What makes you a real girl or boy is that no one laughs at you. If you are imitation or unreal, the rules give you a right to exist provided you do what the real ones or brutes say."''
-->-- ''WitchWeek''

->''[Children's] ingenuity in finding unexpected ways of doing mischief to themselves and others should never be underestimated.''
-->-- '''Lord Hoffman''', ''Jolley (A.P.) v Sutton London Borough Council'' [2000] 1 W.L.R. 1082

See also TeensAreMonsters, BigBrotherBully, and HumansAreTheRealMonsters. Contrast ChildrenAreInnocent. The RoyalBrat is a particularly disturbing take on this. AdultsAreUseless for when the majority, if not, all the bullying occurs all the time because the adults ignore it or are oblivious.

Of course one of the causes for this trope in real life is explained in Developmental Psych. It's called ego-centralism and until a child reaches a certain point in their mental development they don't understand that their actions hurt others as they are not hurt them selves.

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See also TeensAreMonsters, BigBrotherBully, and HumansAreTheRealMonsters. Contrast ChildrenAreInnocent. The RoyalBrat is a particularly disturbing take on this. AdultsAreUseless for when the majority, if not, all the bullying occurs all the time because the adults ignore it or are obvious.

See also TeensAreMonsters, BigBrotherBully, and HumansAreTheRealMonsters. Contrast ChildrenAreInnocent. RoyalBrat is a particularly disturbing take on this. AdultsAreUseless for when the majority, if not, all the bullying occurs all the time because the adults ignore it or are obvious.

->''There is nothing more pure and cruel than a child.''
-->-- '''Jet Black''', ''Anime/CowboyBebop''

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