How to teach children to distinguish between jokes and true stories?

I don't think it is necessary to teach children to distinguish between jokes and true stories.

First, have a specific cognitive ability at a specific age.

Young children are innocent, not only because their brains are far from mature, but also because they have known the world for a short time. Don't distinguish between jokes and true stories. Children aged six or seven can't tell the difference between a virtual character and a real player in the glory of the king.

If children's cognitive ability, judgment ability and thinking ability match their age, then there is no need to worry. When a child takes a joke seriously because of someone else's joke, an appropriate explanation is enough. Don't we all grow up from constant life experiences? If you are worried about children's problems, you should teach them deliberately and preach them out of thin air. You can't wait for your child to be open-minded and considerate, which will not only have little effect, but may even encourage him to grow up healthily.

Second, respect children and make jokes appropriately.

If a child with normal cognitive ability takes other people's jokes seriously, it is not the child who is wrong, but the adult. Instead of blaming children for not being able to distinguish reality from jokes, it is better to reflect on whether children, as an independent individual, are treated equally as adults.

Sometimes, adults intentionally or unintentionally treat children as toys to play with. For example, when relatives get together, it is inevitable to ask children to perform singing and dancing talents. For example, you can tell a joke about which little girl you want to be your wife in front of a four-or five-year-old boy. For example, if a mother wants to have a second child, many people will tell the little girl that your mother doesn't want you if she has a little brother. Adults make fun of children at will, but I don't know how many children will be anxious in the laughter of adults. Such jokes will cast a psychological shadow on many children and distort their values.

Sometimes, adults use jokes as an excuse to cover up their promises. I have a cousin who lives with my grandmother. At that time, he was four or five years old and always showed us that his parents would buy him a tablet when they came home. However, a month passed and two months passed, during which his parents came to see him two or three times, and the tablet computer was still missing. Cousin's disappointed meal is almost unbearable, and his grandmother is distressed and angry, complaining that her son and daughter-in-law can't make promises. As a result, the parents smiled and said, we are just playing a joke on him to coax him to obey. However, I don't know that such dishonest jokes will gradually wear away children's trust in their parents.

In short, learn to respect children. Knowing that children can't tell real things from jokes, they have to make irresponsible jokes. Isn't this obvious brain-dead behavior? It is normal for children to confuse jokes with real things, but it is not normal for adults who joke.