Comments on: Laughing More https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2005-11-14/laughing-more.html Sun, 06 May 2012 12:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Swingset Reflections » Just scream. https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2005-11-14/laughing-more.html/comment-page-1#comment-261687 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:58:23 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2005-11-14/laughing-more.html#comment-261687 […] We’ve talked about the strategy of laughing to relieve stress, why not try screaming? […]

]]> By: Swingset Reflections » Adultitis survivor. https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2005-11-14/laughing-more.html/comment-page-1#comment-261686 Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:52:02 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2005-11-14/laughing-more.html#comment-261686 […] The other day on the radio I heard the song, "You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." It was a remake by a Christian rock band. The words are hilarious. Hopefully you’ll exceed the average of 15 laughs today by reading the words to this classic song. Enjoy! You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel. You’re as cuddly as a cactus, You’re as charming as an eel. Mr. Grinch. […]

]]> By: Kim https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2005-11-14/laughing-more.html/comment-page-1#comment-261685 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:12:45 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2005-11-14/laughing-more.html#comment-261685 I googled the statistic and it came up all over the place. Some of them that I found did mention laughing and smiling together. I emailed a Laughologist from Washington who put a similar statistic in an article, asking her about the research study. I’ll let you know when/if I hear back from her.
Having a degree in Early Childhood Education has allowed me to spend quite a bit of time with three and four year olds. I have to say, I believe these numbers. I know you mentioned you have a baby, but babies are a whole different breed. Preschoolers just see things through a different lense. The main point of these numbers is to help us adults see how far we have wandered from our childlike spirits. Whether it’s measuring a small percentage of a laughing event or the whole laughing event, us adults are still falling very short.

]]> By: AnnMarie https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2005-11-14/laughing-more.html/comment-page-1#comment-261684 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:22:48 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2005-11-14/laughing-more.html#comment-261684 I’ve been thinking all week about that statistic that a preschool laughs 450 times a day. I can’t believe that it can be true. The average preschool sleeps 14 hours a day (nights and naps, or at least should). That leaves 10 hours awake. That’s 45 laughs an hour, which is nearly once a minute. I have never seen a child laughing all day long! And my baby is the happiest baby we’ve ever met and laughs an awful lot. But not all day long. The only way I could see it possibly working, and even that would be doubtful, is if a “laugh” is defined as a small percentage of a laughing event. So someone who giggles “hee hee hee hee” in a second would be counted as having laughed 4 times. But the average person would think of that as one laugh, not four. (Let’s say the average preschooler only gets 10 hours of sleep, that’s still 32 laughs per hour which is every other minute. Still more than I can imagine being true.)

So….can you back this up or send me to a research study? I’m amazed, but maybe it’s true!

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