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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Misconstrue chuid ceisteanna:
A: Cén lá é?
Daid: Lá amháin roimh Dé Céadaoin.
S: Ní, Cén lá den mhí go bhfuil sé?
D: Ó, tá sé 4 lá tar éis Jan 25.
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Tickle dó agus a insint dó go mbainfidh tú stop a chur nuair a stopann sé ag gáire.
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Téigh síos staighre go dtí an seomra teilifíse agus a fhógairt, "It’s good to be the daddy." Ansin,, phiocadh suas dó a fháil ar an láthair te ar an tolg agus an cainéal athrú go rud maith, cosúil leis an cainéal 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. Mar shampla, "the knife slipped in his hand, gearradh a mhéar innéacs, marú dó láithreach." 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, insint dó, "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!"
(Seo i gcuimhne dom ar mo Borg joke is fearr leat: "Borger King: We do it our way. Your way is irrelevant." hahaha!)
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Leabhar Oscailte do leathanach 9 agus a rá, "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, namhaid áirse go dtí an baile na Squarewood."
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Tiomáint muid suas go dtí Massachusetts, ón New Jersey cúpla uair sa bhliain agus a thógann sé go minic faoi 5 hours door to door. As we arrive home and pull into the driveway say, "oh, Rinne mé dearmad, ní mór dúinn a dhéanamh Fleasc mear Baile Depot."
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Nuair a breathnú ar eipeasóid foréigneach i seó teilifíse (mar shampla Heroes), insint do mhac, "some times, ag an obair, I need to destroy my enemies by burning them alive using the powers of my mind. I don’t like doing it, ach gotta leat a dhéanamh cad gotta leat a dhéanamh."
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Nuair a breathnú ar scannáin horror dona (see "It’s good to be the Daddy" thuas), ascribe improbable motives to the evil character. Mar shampla, 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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