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Which is exactly why I thought that way as a child who didn't know better - Tackle got results whereas Growl or Tail Whip did not, at that time. I was more concerned with explicit aspects such as doing damage or seeing my Pokémon be impaired from status. Maybe as to your point, that might be...

Really stupid, but as a young kid I thought stat-lowering moves didn't do anything, since that Level 2 Pidgey's Tackle basically did the same damage before and after my Bulbasaur's Growl. For a long time, my partner's movesets consisted of outright damaging or non-stat related status moves...