“They Teased Me!” Think Before Doing It “They teased me!” Most people can say that phrase at some point in life. Teasing can be taken lightly, but it can also be felt deeply. Sometimes so deeply, it causes low self-esteem. At an early age, I was teased and given a nickname that negatively impacted how I viewed myself. It took years of correction before the stigma left me. Think about the impact of ‘kidding” before you do it. The excerpt from the book “An American Story: My Family and Yours” reveals how one person chose to look at teasing … Continue reading THEY TEASED ME