My 4 year old just told me a joke: Why did the chicken go to school? To get egg-ducated. I have created a monster. He's already better at this than me and I'm not sure how to feel about it.
You've created a pun machine and honestly that's a win. At least he'll have confidence telling jokes, even if they're terrible at first.
Wait till he figures out you can use the same pun formula over and over, you've unleashed something special here. Our 4 year old does the same thing during co-parenting handoffs.
Okay that egg-ducated joke is legitimately good, you should be proud and terrified at the same time. Bedtime just became joke hour at our place too.
Dude that's hilarious. My son tried to tell me a joke last week that was just 'why did the orange go to the store' and he couldn't remember the punchline but kept laughing anyway. The fact that your 4yo has actual structure to the joke means you're doing something right.
That's amazing! The egg-ducated joke is legitimately clever. My kids are 7 and 9 now and they're just starting to understand actual wordplay instead of just yelling random words. You're in for years of these and honestly it's the best part of parenting.
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This made me smile. Just wait until they start combining jokes and making up their own versions. My twins are at that age where they'll tell the same joke 47 times in one day but keep changing the animal or object and think it's brand new content.