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Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

Why Humor Matters

Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

When was the last time your kids got a great laugh? Danny and John recall times where their children enjoyed laughing, and why that brought them joy. Also, Melissa Hannigan and Jim Daly share why you and your kids need to laugh regularly.

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0:00.0

God is at work and he's calling his people to rise in truth. Truth Rising is a powerful new documentary from Focus on the Family and the Colson Center. See how ordinary Christians choose courage in a culture that needs truth. Watch Truth Rising today and find out how you can become an agent of restoration and hope.

0:24.1

Visit truthrising.com today. That's truthrising.com.

0:32.3

Well, maybe like me, sometimes your child comes to you and says, here, watch this. It's really funny.

0:37.3

And you look at it thinking, I'm not sure where the humor is, here, watch this. It's really funny. And you look at it

0:38.0

thinking, I'm not sure where the humor is. Well, we're going to talk about the role of humor in your

0:43.5

parenting with your child on today's episode. I'm John Fuller, along with Dr. Danny Werta, who heads up

0:49.1

our parenting team. And Danny, let's put it kind of into a positive way.

0:56.5

How does humor work in your family?

1:00.4

And was there a time when one of your kids was just really left? You don't laugh much in our house, Sean.

1:01.6

Well, you are a Christian.

1:03.4

Oh, man, this one funny moment, I've got to share this.

1:07.9

We were going to the car wash.

1:14.1

And we had some people behind us. We had just gotten into get our car wash. The bottom part was not starting.

1:22.5

Oh. So I'm looking around. I'm going, why? I paid for the full deal. So as I'm going

1:26.9

a little bit further, still not going. I'm going, well, I'm going to have to

1:29.3

get out now. I can't go back. So I opened the door. No. And just then, it just turns on

1:36.3

from underneath, it squirts right up my face and my whole body gets in the water coming into the car.

1:43.1

People behind us were laughing pretty hard.

1:45.7

I got back in, the kids laughed.

1:48.3

And they remember that one.

1:49.8

That's one that it's a fond memory that I was thinking about recently.

1:53.5

Just the last couple of weeks, I went through a car wash.

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