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I vividly remember the first "joke" I shared with my infant son when he was about 1-1.5: He was pointing to colours and my job was to say it out loud. At one p
by uidguiudfg34859 11y ago
I vividly remember the first "joke" I shared with my infant son when he was about 1-1.5:
He was pointing to colours and my job was to say it out loud. At one point, I deliberately called black as "green" and he instinctively skipped to the next color but quickly did a double take and jumped back to the previous one, thinking he misheard it. I repeated "green" and he looked at me and started laughing (I was expressionless).
Mind, this was the first time I had done something like this in any context. And he got it! It was a joke.
Now, at about 5, he gets puns and sarcasm is hit'n'miss. As a side-note, the whole thing as to how his appreciation for jokes is evolving is interesting. But the most important thing for me as a parent is enjoying these moments of laughter.
- jevinskie 11y agoWow, impressive story! To myself, understanding that particular joke requires quite a lot of high level cognition. What an enjoyable moment that must have been. :) I wonder if sarcasm/irony detection is at least partially an inborn trait.
- DasIch 11y agoThe baby didn't have to understand the joke, it could have just picked up on unintentional cues. This is something humans and many animals are able to do very early on.