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Can ‘dad jokes’ be good for your relationship with your child?

Can 'dad jokes' be good for your relationships?

Did your parents’ corny jokes stick with you throughout life? It might actually be a good thing.

In published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers at both Penn State University and Columbia College in Chicago found children whose parents used humor as a parenting tool had close relationships with their parents and believed their parents did a good job raising them.

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Mike Murillo

Mike Murillo is a reporter and anchor at ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½. Before joining ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ in 2013, he worked in radio in Orlando, New York City and Philadelphia.

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