Yup , I agree it is traumatic and devastating for a kid her age to hear those things. We desi have twisted sense of humor in this area. We annoy the heck out of kids.
We never try to come to the level of the kids to understand how they will feel. We do behave like kids when we are among adults but when we are with kids we all of a sudden become , big and strong and scare the kids in the name of mazaq/humor. Again it is not a generalization but a very common observation.
