Children and Humor

It occured to me recently that one of the greater joys I have of my children growing is to see their sense of humor develop. It begins somewhere around 5 years old where they start to get a knack for the rhythm of a joke. Here's one I recently heard from my youngest daughter (age 5): Why did the horsey cross the road? Because it wanted to play in the field. Okay, its not funny. But the delivery is there. And yes, after just the right amount of sleep deprevation, my wife and I have been known to laugh histerically at jokes like this - much to the delight of the joke teller. So fast forward about 10 years in humor development...my oldest is now 15 (OMG, almost 16!). We are having a casual discussion with one of our church friends over cookies. My wife and I realize that we will both be out of town overnight in a couple weeks. In front of our friend and my oldest daughter we contemplate them staying overnight alone. Me: <jokingly to daughter> Just make sure that if have to call 911 ...

14:41:00 March 3, 2005, Thursday (PST) Source: Matt Powell

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