Apparently there's a big difference between a 'joke' and a 'prank' when it comes to what's going on inside a kid's brain.
Rachel Melville-Thomas, a child psychotherapist and spokesperson for the Association of Child Psychotherapists, highlights the importance of shared laughter in creating social cohesion. For a prank to be perceived as funny by a child, they usually need to be capable of grasping the setup, so they can join in on the LOLs.
“If you’re the victim of a prank [for it to be funny], you have to very quickly join in and go ‘Ah, that was such a clever prank’. It’s hard to see how that happens if you smack someone on the head.” “With a little person under five, you are the secure base. You are the secure place where you can always trust that that person will not harm you.”
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