I’d argue it’s perfectly acceptable English to say “The rock that was launched by the catapult flew through the air” or “That rock went flying” or “there were bullets flying in all directions” or “the baseball went flying through the air”. Etc.
Sure, but then you couldn’t mess with a kid, and that’s against dad code.
Joking aside, dad jokes and puns, and silly arguments like this would be actually serve a purpose other than it being hilarious. Just like you presented a perfectly valid argument to counter the one I was using, most kids are going to come up with something just as valid, if not that exact one.
Then, when you reject it on whatever grounds are funniest, they are probably going to come up with another.
This process, depending on the kid, can go on for a few cycles.
As long as you’re paying attention and not making it a thing, they’re stretching their brains a little in the face of absurdities. They’re also going to be figuring out how to frame arguments in a constructive way, since you’re the parent and there’s a barrier to the usual reactionary irritation behaviors they might use with a peer their own age.
Again, you have to watch how you’re doing it and not take it too far, as well as keeping it silly enough that it won’t register as some kind of dick swinging. But it’s a really fun way to build critical thinking, people handling, and do so while having fun and bonding.
My kid sometimes just rolls their eyes and nopes the fuck out, but when they are in the mood, we can go for an hour playing games with words and ideas like that.
I’d argue it’s perfectly acceptable English to say “The rock that was launched by the catapult flew through the air” or “That rock went flying” or “there were bullets flying in all directions” or “the baseball went flying through the air”. Etc.
Its falling…with style
Sure, but then you couldn’t mess with a kid, and that’s against dad code.
Joking aside, dad jokes and puns, and silly arguments like this would be actually serve a purpose other than it being hilarious. Just like you presented a perfectly valid argument to counter the one I was using, most kids are going to come up with something just as valid, if not that exact one.
Then, when you reject it on whatever grounds are funniest, they are probably going to come up with another.
This process, depending on the kid, can go on for a few cycles.
As long as you’re paying attention and not making it a thing, they’re stretching their brains a little in the face of absurdities. They’re also going to be figuring out how to frame arguments in a constructive way, since you’re the parent and there’s a barrier to the usual reactionary irritation behaviors they might use with a peer their own age.
Again, you have to watch how you’re doing it and not take it too far, as well as keeping it silly enough that it won’t register as some kind of dick swinging. But it’s a really fun way to build critical thinking, people handling, and do so while having fun and bonding.
My kid sometimes just rolls their eyes and nopes the fuck out, but when they are in the mood, we can go for an hour playing games with words and ideas like that.