One of the many joys I take in being the parent of a ten year old boy is finding new ways to make him laugh or think a little differently about questions and things in the world. I’ve used these techniques over the years:
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Няслушна тлумачаць яго пытанні:
Яго: Які сёння дзень?
Тата: За дзень да асяроддзя.
S: Ці не, які дзень месяца гэта?
Рэ: Ой, гэта 4 дзён пасля студзеня 25.
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Казытаць яго і скажыце яму, што вы спыніцеся, калі ён перастае смяяцца.
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Спусціцца па лесвіцы ў пакой з тэлевізарам і аб'яўляюць, "It’s good to be the daddy." Затым, ўзяць яго на рукі, каб атрымаць цёплае мястэчка на канапе і пераключыць канал, каб нешта добрае, як канал Scifi.
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Read stories out loud. Insert ridiculous sentences in the middle of the story. My favorite is to add "killing him instantly" when the main characters encounters some minor trouble. Напрыклад, "the knife slipped in his hand, рэзка паказальным пальцам, забіўшы яго на месцы." Nothing quite gets your son out of a complacent and passive listening mode as the main character being killed instantly.
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Read stories incorrectly. Read sentences backward. The best part of this is that the first couple of times I did this, my son thought he was helping me out by pointing out that I wasn’t reading the words in the right order. The down side is that he really doesn’t want me to read to him any more.
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Go to Burger King for lunch. My son would eat BK morning, night and day if we let him. When going, скажыце яму,, "I know you hate going there, but we simply have no choice." When he tries to explain that he loves BK, talk over him and say things like "We don’t have time to argue about it! We’re going and I don’t want to have a discussion!"
(Гэта нагадвае мне аб маёй каханай жартам Борг: "Borger King: We do it our way. Your way is irrelevant." hahaha!)
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Адкрыйце кнігу, каб старонкі 9 і сказаць, "hmm, that’s an odd page".
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Fill the world with arch enemies. "We’re going to run quick over toe 7-11, arch-enemy of 11-7".
"Your aunt lives in Ringwood, закляты вораг у горад Squarewood."
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Мы пад'язджаем да Масачусэтс з Нью-Джэрсі некалькі раз у год і яна часта прымае каля 5 hours door to door. As we arrive home and pull into the driveway say, "oh, Я забыўся, нам трэба, каб зрабіць хуткі рывок да Home Depot."
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Пры праглядзе выпадкі гвалту ў ТБ-шоу (такіх як Heroes), раскажы сыну свайму, "some times, за працай, I need to destroy my enemies by burning them alive using the powers of my mind. I don’t like doing it, але вы павінны рабіць тое, што вам трэба зрабіць."
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Пры праглядзе дрэнных фільмаў жахаў (see "It’s good to be the Daddy" вышэй), ascribe improbable motives to the evil character. Напрыклад, tell your son that the reason Jason is so angry is because he wants some cake and they won’t let him have any.
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Explain phone numbers incorrectly. Instead of telling your son to dial "201-111-2222", tell him it’s "2-011-1-12222".
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Якія хітрасці вы карыстаецеся?
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