Holiday Break Episode 3: Why humor is important to children and families

Release date: December 30, 2024

In this third mini holiday break episode of 2024-2025 season of Talking About Kids and the final episode of 2024, I want to talk about kids and humor. In particular, I will present a little bit about what we know about humor’s importance to development, its role in establishing and maintaining relationships, and why at least one world leader thinks it is crucial to our survival. Links to some of the articles I cite are below. Full-length Talking About Kids episodes will return in 2025.

Links

"Humor in parenting: Does it have a role?"

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306311

Encouraging Your Child's Sense of Humor

https://www.childrensmn.org/educationmaterials/parents/article/10289/encouraging-your-childs-sense-of-humor/

Pope Francis: There Is Faith in Humor

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/opinion/pope-francis-humor.html