Interesting research has revealed that so-called ‘father-in-law gags’, which are hated by young people such as the MZ generation, are beneficial to children’s growth.
Mark Heknussen, a psychology researcher at Aarhus University in Denmark, drew attention by making such a claim in a paper published in the 20th century.
An old man’s joke refers to a joke that a middle-aged man makes without a thread. In English, it is called ‘Dad joke’ and in Japanese, it is called ‘Oyaji gyag’.
Mark Heknussen is in the position that, even if it is an old joke that everyone who hears it is embarrassing, it is useful for young children. In particular, he emphasized that these gags clearly develop children’s ability to cope with embarrassing and awkward situations.
He said, “While father-in-law gags aren’t fun, they’re not provocative or hurtful.”
“Dad gags in particular play a significant role in the relationship between father and young children,” he added.
Mark Heknussen emphasized that although conversational partners, especially younger listeners, usually dislike old-school jokes that are vulgar and humorous, jokes of this type give young children the strength to overcome awkward, fraught situations tension or embarrassment.
He said, “If you make a series of embarrassing gags against kids that make them blush, you can expand the limits of how much they can handle embarrassment.” The children learn that,” he said.
FYI, as in this paper, research on father-in-law gags is surprisingly advanced. In Japan, the reason why there are gag uncles is because of aging and damage to the frontal lobe of the brain, and it has been defined as nonsense because of a kind of decline in control, and it has also attracted attention.
Reporter Yoonseo Lee lys@sputnik.kr
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