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 his questions:

Son: What day is it?

მამა: One day before Wednesday.

S: არ, what day of the month is it?

D: Oh, it’s 4 days after Jan 25.

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Tickle him and tell him you’ll stop when he stops laughing.

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Go down stairs to the TV room and announce, "It’s good to be the daddy." მაშინ, pick him up to get the warm spot on the couch and change the channel to something good, like the Scifi channel.

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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. მაგალითად, "the knife slipped in his hand, cutting his index finger, killing him instantly." 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, tell him, "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!"

(ეს მაგონებს ჩემი საყვარელი Borg ხუმრობა: "Borger King: We do it our way. Your way is irrelevant." hahaha!)

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გახსნა წიგნი გვერდზე 9 და აცხადებენ,, "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, თაღის მტრის ქალაქ Squarewood."

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ჩვენ მართოს მდე მასაჩუსეტსის from New Jersey წელიწადში რამდენჯერმე და ხშირად ეს დაახლოებით 5 hours door to door. As we arrive home and pull into the driveway say, "oh, დამავიწყდა, ჩვენ გვჭირდება, რათა სწრაფი ტირე დაბრუნება დეპოს."

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როდესაც თვალს ძალადობრივი ეპიზოდი გადაცემა (როგორიცაა გმირები), გითხრათ თქვენი შვილი, "some times, სამუშაო, I need to destroy my enemies by burning them alive using the powers of my mind. I don’t like doing it, but you gotta do what you gotta do."

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When watching bad horror movies (see "It’s good to be the Daddy" ზემოთ), ascribe improbable motives to the evil character. მაგალითად, 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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What tricks do you use?

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