Triple Threat
parenting triplets in the Capital District
The hope in humor
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Laughter and joking around is plentiful in the Steuer household
aughter is the best medicine (according to Milton Berle). I love the different types of humor Olivia, Benjamin and Rebecca enjoy. Just like they are three different people, they have three very different senses of humor. Hearing my kids laugh gives me the feeling like I gave them a gift that they really enjoy and will use for the rest of their lives. They will also be able to share this gift with so many people. Benjamin has a really dry sense of humor that reminds me of my father. He tells “dad jokes” and can keep a straight face even as he delivers a
hysterical punchline. Ben can his own children. be a little over the top someI can’t always tell what will times, and we are tasked with make Rebecca laugh. There are teaching him to use decorum plenty of attempts made on in his humor. There is also a my part to make her laugh, very important part but I’m just mom. I of helping children hear her laughing in find humor: makby her room or at the ing sure other news. Rebecca’s people are not eye rolls are epic. uncomfortable The eye rolls are or the subject of an exchange for jokes. laughter, I think. When I look at Being 13 is one of my son, I can see so those things that I’m glad much of my dad. Ben only she only has to live through got to meet him a few times once (unless, of course, she before he died. And just has a daughter). Everything like magic, his humor lives that Harlan and I know next on. I can’t imagine what to nothing about is funny, and kind of jokes Ben will tell if we ask for an explanation
Jennifer Steuer
we get her eye roll and a “you wouldn’t get it.” As long as she isn’t being mean, she can laugh all she wants. A great way to get her to laugh is to play Cards Against Humanity. She will roll her eyes and laugh at the same time. I will count that as a win. Olivia is in a class all her own. She will chuckle. She will smile and nod. Her eye rolls are ever present. She does very well with riddles. I can see her struggle with deciphering humor sometimes, and that is okay. Olivia is a fun-loving kid who will tell jokes and laugh and keep us in stitches. I wish
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