GIGGLE EPIPHANY

Children develop humor at ages 3–5 — roughly when their chaos becomes intentional.

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Around 3–5, kids begin to understand incongruity—things being “wrong on purpose” like silly words or absurd scenarios. They also start grasping social humor, like teasing and rule-breaking in safe ways.

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