Did you know that a good Sense of Humor can do a lot more than make you popluar<> it can, in several proven ways, contribute to your physical, psychological and emotional well being. Given this, all parents would want their kids to develop a healthy sense of humor. And its is possible! You can nurture your child's sense of humor. So go ahead, give your child the gift of humor, a gift of a lifetime.

1. Your Kid’s Sense
of Humor
Laughter…
A Gift for a Lifetime.
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2. Kids with a sense of humor are spontaneous, optimistic, smarter & healthier
Humorous kids tend to me more popular and have more friends
Humor is critical to emotional health, maintaining relationships and mental growth
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Laughter helps kids endure pain and improves their digestion & immunity
Humor & laughter help increase resistance to illness or physical problems
Sense of Humor can be nurtured, it’s not inherited…

4. Humor helps kids grow out of the difficult period of pre-adolescence and
adolescence much more smoothly
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5. Humor boosts children’s creative thinking capacity, a skill that is
increasingly valued in all spheres of life and work
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6. A developing sense of humor is a sign of cognitive development, learning &
growth, of recognizing intentionality and understanding symbolism
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7. A child who can make a friend laugh when she's feeling blue is one who
understands the importance of empathy and sympathy
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8. A child who can laugh at himself when he makes a mistake has an easier
time accepting imperfection and is less afraid to attempt the task again
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9. Humor, Jokes, Riddles, Pun: all allow your child to play with words and
enrich vocabulary
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10. Good Sense of
Humor will help
your child…
…develop self
esteem, cope
better with
challenges
…share joy
and make
new friends
…develop
cognitive skills,
creativity and
self -control
...connect and
bond with
family
members
…not take things too
seriously and
participate in the
playful aspects of life
…develop perspective,
grasp the
unconventional & see
beyond the surface
…help handle
differences &
conflicts, express
anger in socially
acceptable ways
…cope with life’s
stress, at every age
& stage
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11. Give your child the Gift of Laughter…
Gift them a Sense of Humor

12. • smile, laugh and giggle
• coo, make silly facial
expressions
• sing & dance
• blow raspberries
With Your Baby….
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13. • play peek-a-boo
• ignore the obvious ..where are you?
• tickle them, snuggle them, play
chase, catch n kiss
• enjoy incongruence…pyjamas in your
arms, a pig with sunglasses
With Your Toddler….
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14. • have fun with pictures,
funny rhymes
• share funny stories and
incidents
• enjoy Silly humor, subtly
discouraging things that
are in bad taste
With the Preschool kid ….
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15. • encourage
wordplay,
exaggeration, and
slapstick humor
• crack simple jokes
and share punch
lines..
• introduce pun,
riddles, wit and
sarcasm…
• choose funny yet
informative TV
shows
• define boundaries,
limits
With the school going champ….
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16. So go ahead…
Tickle them funny bones!!!
Happy growing…

17. a momskool presentation
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