In school, where I was substitute teaching second graders, we discussed April Fool’s Day and playing  jokes…but having fun that wasn’t mean.  The youngsters even wrote about this in their journals.

When I was a youngster, we enjoyed April Fool’s Day jokes in our family. However, Mother stressed ones that didn’t hurt other people nor their feelings.
Teach youngsters a sense of humor that encourages laughter, but not laughter at the expense of someone else.  Find jokes that are comic, not mean.  Discover antics that may be slapstick, but not harmful.
My mother told of her father’s sense of humor that involved actions …read more