These are all the BEST!! I'm going to remember some of them for future reference. Huge differnce between lying and pranking. HUGE! I think the difference is the spirit of it. Condescending sarcasm is damaging (IMO) but making a silly joke for their own good is fine. Also, your relationship with your children makes a difference.
I have a friend with a son who is terribly behaved and requires constant supervision, is very bold with adults, but is terrified of monsters. Like hides under the table at Chuck E Cheese when Chuck E comes out from across the room. A branch fell and hit my roof while they were visiting and I told him it's just my monster that I keep in the attic. LOL! She insisted to him that there wasn't but I kept it up anyway.
A sense of humor is essintial to life. Both my mother and sister lack one and it could be rough around them. I've heard of a joke where you sneak a cornish hen into a turkey that your target person is going to bake and when its done and gets cut open you tell them how cruel they are for cooking a pregnant turkey. I have ALWAYS wanted to do this to my sister. She would probably land in therapy from it but I would be in prankster bliss
I actually pranked my mom way more than she did me. I put a huge rubber snake in the dining room once or twice. My step-dad and I would put her pillows in their cases sideways so the corners flapped around. I told my cousin to put some ketchup on his arm and go tell my mom he cut himself. ..... good times......
I hope my little one pranks me when she's older. We'll have so much fun! There's so many that I want to try but no one with a sense of humor to try them on.
I have a friend with a son who is terribly behaved and requires constant supervision, is very bold with adults, but is terrified of monsters. Like hides under the table at Chuck E Cheese when Chuck E comes out from across the room. A branch fell and hit my roof while they were visiting and I told him it's just my monster that I keep in the attic. LOL! She insisted to him that there wasn't but I kept it up anyway.
A sense of humor is essintial to life. Both my mother and sister lack one and it could be rough around them. I've heard of a joke where you sneak a cornish hen into a turkey that your target person is going to bake and when its done and gets cut open you tell them how cruel they are for cooking a pregnant turkey. I have ALWAYS wanted to do this to my sister. She would probably land in therapy from it but I would be in prankster bliss
I actually pranked my mom way more than she did me. I put a huge rubber snake in the dining room once or twice. My step-dad and I would put her pillows in their cases sideways so the corners flapped around. I told my cousin to put some ketchup on his arm and go tell my mom he cut himself. ..... good times......
I hope my little one pranks me when she's older. We'll have so much fun! There's so many that I want to try but no one with a sense of humor to try them on.