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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Laughing-Schooled by a 4 year old
Joaquin likes to fake laugh. When he was a baby, fake laughing put him into hysterics and now he is carrying his own mantle. Before I had this exchange, I would have characterized this fake laugh as an obnoxious, high pitched sound that we were trying to discourage. So he fake laughs and I told him not to and he asked me, "what's a fake laugh?" and I answered something like it is a laugh that you have to force and then he asks, "well then, what's a real laugh?" and I answer something like it's a a laugh that comes naturally and he says, "...but I like to laugh." Just call us the parents who like to squash rainbows and dreams and all things that are childhood happiness, right? I told him that he was right and I was wrong...and that he should laugh as much and however he wants.
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