I wonder at what age kids understand sarcasm? When behind a slow car, I guess I’ve said something like: “Come on people. Can you drive any slower ?”
On more than one occasion, Thing 1 has asked “Daddy, why do you want them to drive slower? Don’t you mean faster?”
Rather than try to explain sarcasm to a 5 year old, I just said “Oh you’re right. I meant faster. Silly me.”
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1 cindy thomas // Apr 29, 2009 at 2:33 pm
my 9 yr old gets it now and loves to tell me “you’re being sarcastic, right?” and than say something sarcastic and tell me “i’m using sarcasm”. Now, i like to mess w/ her and be sarcastic but deny it’s sarcasm. So basically, i’m making her into a future basketcase.
i’m being sarcastic. or am i?
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