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7 in 10 surveyed US adults believe humor can be an effective parenting tool, with those whose parents used humor being more likely to say their parents had done a good job and to report high-quality relationships with them

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Humor in parenting: Does it have a role?

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7 in 10 surveyed US adults believe humor can be an effective parenting tool, with those whose parents used humor being more likely to say their parents had done a good job and to report high-quality relationships with them

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306311

Article Title: Humor in parenting: Does it have a role?

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0306311

Humor in parenting: Does it have a role?

17-Jul-2024

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Parenting Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal

PLOS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0306311

Article Publication Date

2024-07-17

Article Title

Humor in parenting: Does it have a role?

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah

PLOS

onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:

PLOS. (2024, July 17). 7 in 10 surveyed US adults believe humor can be an effective parenting tool, with those whose parents used humor being more likely to say their parents had done a good job and to report high-quality relationships with them. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2ZKJ91/7-in-10-surveyed-us-adults-believe-humor-can-be-an-effective-parenting-tool-with-those-whose-parents-used-humor-being-more-likely-to-say-their-parents-had-done-a-good-job-and-to-report-high-quality-re.html

MLA:

"7 in 10 surveyed US adults believe humor can be an effective parenting tool, with those whose parents used humor being more likely to say their parents had done a good job and to report high-quality relationships with them." Brightsurf News, Jul. 17 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2ZKJ91/7-in-10-surveyed-us-adults-believe-humor-can-be-an-effective-parenting-tool-with-those-whose-parents-used-humor-being-more-likely-to-say-their-parents-had-done-a-good-job-and-to-report-high-quality-re.html.