“What is its purpose?” Hoicka asked, of humor in kids. She pointed to research she’d conducted with another psychologist, Burcu Soy Telli, which showed that “humor development predicted socio-cognitive development six months later, but not the other way around.” Joking around, in other words, helps kids learn to think about what other people are thinking.
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