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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Mapagkamalan kanyang tanong:
Nito: Anong araw ito?
Tatay: Isang araw bago Miyerkules.
S: Hindi, anong araw ng buwan ay ito?
D: Naku, ito 4 araw pagkatapos Jan 25.
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Kilidin sa kanya at sabihin sa kanya makikita mo itigil kapag siya tumitigil tumatawa.
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Bumaba hagdan sa kuwarto TV at ipahayag, "It’s good to be the daddy." Pagkatapos, pick up sa kanya upang makuha ang maayang lugar sa sopa at baguhin ang mga channel sa isang bagay mahusay, tulad ng 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. Halimbawa, "the knife slipped in his hand, paggupit kanyang hintuturo, pagpatay sa kanya agad." 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, sabihin sa kanya, "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!"
(Ito reminds sa akin ng aking mga paboritong Borg magtawa: "Borger King: We do it our way. Your way is irrelevant." hahaha!)
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Buksan ang isang libro sa pahina 9 at sabihin, "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, arch kaaway sa bayan ng Squarewood."
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Magmaneho namin ang hanggang sa Massachusetts mula sa New Jersey ilang beses sa isang taon at ito ay madalas na tumatagal ng tungkol sa 5 hours door to door. As we arrive home and pull into the driveway say, "oh, Nakalimutan ko ang, kailangan namin upang magsagawa ng isang mabilis na gitling sa Home Depot."
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Kapag nanonood ng marahas na episode sa isang palabas sa TV (tulad ng mga Bayani), sabihin sa iyong anak na lalaki, "some times, sa trabaho, I need to destroy my enemies by burning them alive using the powers of my mind. I don’t like doing it, ngunit ka gotta gawin kung ano ang iyong gotta gawin."
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Kapag nanonood ng masamang pelikula malaking sindak (see "It’s good to be the Daddy" sa itaas), ascribe improbable motives to the evil character. Halimbawa, 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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Ano trick mo ginagamit ang?
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