Things you can do to encourage your brother's sense of humor...
Be a humor model. One of the best things you can do to develop your brother's sense of humor is to use your own. Make jokes. Tell funny stories. Laugh out loud. Deal lightly with small catastrophes like spilt milk.
Take your brother's humor seriously. Encourage your brother's attempts at humor, whether they entail reading (potentially unfunny) jokes from a book or drawing "funny" pictures of the family dog. Praise your brother for trying to be funny and be open to surprise.
Where to Draw the Line
You don't want to rain on the parade, but your brother will need boundaries when it comes to humor, just like they do in other areas. You don't want to encourage mean-spirited or off-color jokes, so be a good role model and avoid using humor in this way. If someone tells a hurtful or inappropriate joke, don't laugh. Take the time to explain to him why the joke isn't funny.
You also might want to gently discourage bathroom humor or at least not participate too heartily. It won't hurt anyone's feelings but kids may have trouble determining when it's OK to make such a joke (at home, with family) and when it's not (in the classroom or at church).
The Family That Laughs Together...
Above all, humor is social. That's why you laugh harder at a funny movie when you see it in the theater with other people laughing around you than all alone on your couch.
A key aspect to developing your child's sense of humor is to take time to have fun as a family. Share jokes, play games, and watch funny movies together.
You might even adopt your own offbeat family traditions, whether it's hanging spoons off your noses or wearing matching pajamas. It will be funny now — and maybe even funnier in years to come, when you and your brother remember those silly family times.
2006-12-29 03:37:37
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answered by I am Crystal S. 5
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I have a 9 yr old daughter and believe me...she makes stupid jokes all of the time. I do laugh at them because she thinks they are funny and I figure her jokes will get better as she gets older...hang in there and laugh if it makes your brother feel good.
2006-12-29 03:38:30
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answered by Ginger P 3
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A blonde, brunette, and a pink head have been status on the sting of the pool waiting for the a hundred yead breast stroke race.... The starter shot the pistol and the three dove into the water and started swimming. a jiffy the brunette comprehensive and jumped out of the water. Then the pink head. approximately twenty minutes later, the blonde emerged. They offered the gold to the brunette, the silver to the pink head and the bronze to the blonde. As they located the steel round her neck the blonde wispered " i do no longer opt to sound like a sore loser, yet i think of the different 2 used their palms"
2016-12-18 21:10:52
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answered by ? 4
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First of all,tell the truth,since he is making a fool
of himself,why dont you buy a joke book?
or tell him to give it a rest of saying jokes,until he comes up with a GOOD joke!
2006-12-29 03:39:46
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answered by *Å®åßîåñ P®îñÇꧧ ©* 4
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at least hes tryin to make you laugh... give him a book of jokes or you can make him watch all the cool comedians right now like george lopez or dane cook.... dave chapple... so that he gets an idea what funny is.
2006-12-29 03:41:03
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answered by Lipstick 4
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stop laughing and get him a joke book
2006-12-29 03:39:01
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answered by Greeneyed 7
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lol just laugh that hes making up stupid jokes i wouldnt mind lol ing at stupid and dum jokes that didnt make sense what so ever...
2006-12-29 03:38:12
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answered by Rutul 3
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let him look at jokes & riddles section on this site
2006-12-29 03:38:50
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answered by EWE ANCHOR 3
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same here there's nothing u can do except pretend to laugh. i've tried everything
2006-12-29 03:38:21
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answered by Fall Out at the Disco 2
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did u hear about the kidnapping in new york?
(they answer either yes or no)
well he's still sleeping
2006-12-29 03:38:16
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answered by Anonymous
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