Comedic Children
Comedic Children
Comedic Children Have Truthful Thoughts We Probably Don’t Want To Know
Have you ever wondered what comedic children are really thinking?
I know I have! I especially wonder what my son is thinking. I can tell him something and he will begin to give me the hint of a smile. I generally know he is thinking something I might not like. Children take things a person says very literal. I will tell my son that I am “old as dirt.” I wonder what that phrase “old as dirt” really means to him? I am beginning to have my suspicions that I might not want to know!
Mixed Blessings
Life blessed me with a comedic child. He is practicing being the center of attention and wants noticed for his humor. Having a son that enjoys funny things is challenging and enjoyable.The enjoyment comes in the ability to laugh. He can laugh at himself and laugh at others easily. I try to manage the laughter and explain what is acceptable and isn’t acceptable to laugh about. I know that if a person has comedic children they could become not so funny adults if we don’t teach them about humor.
Challenging
Comedic children are challenging to anyone. Most parents of a future class clown understand exactly what I am talking about without having to write another word. My son is the type of child that will run around the room with a toy bucket on his head and fall on purpose to make others laugh. He is always watching others to gauge reactions and see what he can do to improve his comedic skills.
Recently he was playing with some cars in the floor. Playing with cars in the floor is something that most children do. As soon as I walked into the room he decided to bring his toys to life. He started making them laugh and running over one another. He would even say an occasional “I make you laugh!” as he was playing with the cars.
I watched, smiled and laughed as he played and I finally said to him, “Your cars are filled with humor.” He never a missed beat and looked at me and said, “No, my cars filled with gas! That’s humorous not humor!” He then looked away from me and laughed out loud.
If we only knew what they were thinking……we probably wouldn’t really want to know!
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Tags: center of attention, children, class clown, funny things, mixed blessings
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Xander will be fine as long as he can find humour in life and knows the lessons you teach about what is appropriate. He’s really on the ball for one so young and must have inherited or learned this from his interaction with you and your wife who must have a real sense of the ridiculous. I shall watch out for him on stage as he gets older.
I think it’s a combination of both. Some of it is learned behavior and some it is inherited and all his own brand of humor. The main problem with Xan is he is far to smart for his own good! I know that can be a good thing but at the same time it can be difficult to find new challenges that keep him engaged. He is the type child that is always watching and listening. I am always warning people if you don’t want him to know something don’t say it anywhere around him.
I am always amazed at how much he picks up from just watching and learning. Xander didn’t really learn to walk in the conventional manner. He was on target for it but he literally just decided to get up one day and took off running and hasn’t stopped since. He was that way with talking too. He had an excellent grasp of what people were saying but he refused to say many words until he was around 2 1/2 or so. One day he just started speaking almost complete sentences and hasn’t stopped since. He has an above average grasp of language for his age which can make things more challenging as a parent.
Aaron
You really have your work cut out for you then. Maybe he’s storing up all he hears to form his first book. He’ll certainly have an artistic bent. In the future you won’t be known as Aaron but as the father of Xander.
I think you have a delightful and engaging little boy but he’s lucky in his parents.
Thank you David,
I always had hoped I might be the first one to write a book but you might be correct. I might not have what it takes compared to my little genius….lol
Aaron
Start writing Aaron and get in first. You have the perfect subject in your care of Xan and that could be either fact or fiction with the humour you deploy.Unless of course you have another subject in mind. I wish you Good Luck either way.There are plenty of supportive writers groups out there as I found after I finished writing (just my luck).
Take care, hugs all round.
David