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	Encouraging Your Child's Sense of Humor
		But a sense of humor is actually a learned quality that you can nurture in your child, not something he or she is born with or without.
		Children with a well-developed sense of humor are happier and more optimistic, have higher self-esteem, and can handle differences (their own and others') well.
		Make humor a part of your day-to-day interactions with your child and encourage him or her to share funny observations or reactions, even when you are around other adults.
	kidshealth.org /parent/growth/learning/child_humor.html (1436 words)

	Does God have a sense of humor?
		Other humor, such as blonde jokes (which I tell) are usually told at the expense of others (they tear down rather than building up), again something contrary to God’s Word (Colossians 4:6; Ephesians 4:29).
		But I do believe that God has a sense of humor, but that perhaps too often His sense of humor is not always perceived or appreciated by us.
		To me, the greatest indication of God's humor is in the instant in which the Israelites were using the Ark of the Covenant like a good luck charm in taking it to battle, and the Philistines end up capturing it and placing it in their temple before their idol of Dagon.
	www.gotquestions.org /God-humor.html (868 words)

	Humor and Health, Paul E. McGhee, Humor Therapy, laughter therapy, Laughter, humour, humour therapy
		Humor has also been shown to increase levels of gamma interferon, a complex substance that plays an important role in the maturation of B cells, the growth of cytotoxic T cells, and the activation of NK cells.
		Humor’s ability to protect you against immunosuppression during stress was evident in a study which compared people with a well-developed sense of humor (they found a lot of humor in their everyday life or frequently used humor to cope with stress) to people with a poor sense of humor.
		The biggest obstacle to obtaining these benefits of humor in your own life is the growing stress on your job and in your personal relationships--and perhaps the fact that you've never made an effort to develop a good sense of humor.
	www.holistic-online.com /Humor_Therapy/humor_mcghee_article.htm (3678 words)

	U-M CCC - Humor
		Humor has a positive impact on health from any and all perspectives - it assists patients, care providers, visitors, family and friends.
		She quotes a letter from a mother that reads: "Humor is what got all of us through the clinic visits, the hospital stays, the blood tests, the loss of hair and weight.
		Humor is one of the healthiest most therapeutic mechanisms that human beings have.
	www.cancer.med.umich.edu /share/humorsense.htm (793 words)

	More Psychologists are Finding that Discrete Uses of Humor Promote Healing in Their Patients
		Humor often comes out spontaneously as patient and therapist disclose to each other who they are.
		A humorous response that is "consciously chosen" and based on the therapist's training, he says, "has the greatest likelihood of being successful as an intervention and as a tool to build the therapeutic alliance.
		Sultanoff recalls a carefully weighed use of humor with a client who cited a list of terrible things that had happened in her life--because she believed she was "stupid." He first used cognitive therapy for several weeks to change her self-image.
	www.apa.org /monitor/mar99/humor.html (1866 words)

	Humor and Laughter: Health Benefits and Online Sources
		Humor is a powerful emotional medicine that can lower stress, dissolve anger and unite families in troubled times.
		Humor shifts the ways in which we think, and distress is greatly associated with the way we think.
		A healthy sense of humor is related to being able to laugh at oneself and one's life.
	www.helpguide.org /life/humor_laughter_health.htm (2449 words)

	A Sense of Humor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Humor, used properly, can teach your children to approach life in a positive manner by encouraging a second look at circumstances which may at first seem overwhelming or unbearable.
		However, humor can also be a sharp sword which cuts deeply into the self-esteem of your child and as such should be used with thoughtfulness and caution.
		In addition to appealing to a child's sense of incongruity (and this sense develops and becomes more sophisticated as your child matures) it's generally "safe" to take a child's lead in humor.
	www.parentinghorizons.com /article.asp?article=003HUMOR.txt (1053 words)

	Bal Natu: God's Sense Of Humor
		In fact, God's sense of humor is so pervasive that there is not a person who is totally devoid of it.
		It is my sense of humor that makes me rejoice to see Anna 104 and happy to listen to the irrelevant talk of Babadas.
		The funniest Divine sense of humor was on the part of Buddha when he simply died of simple dysentery, though his "medicine" for the spiritual beemaries (illnesses) of mankind holds the field to this day.
	www.avatarmeherbaba.org /erics/humor2.html (458 words)

	Ministry in Daily Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Humor is the ability to perceive and enjoy the absurdities and incongruities of life.
		As complex social structures staffed by fallible human beings, churches and parachurch organizations often deserve to be the targets of humor, for when the “sacred veil” of religion hides pompous behavior, corruption and needless bureaucracy, humor is necessary to pull back the veil and reveal the truth.
		He had a fine sense of hyperbole, claiming that “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” (Matthew 19:24).
	www.ivmdl.org /cbec.cfm?study=23 (2135 words)

	BrainConnection.com - A Teacher's Sense of Humor - Page 1
		Humor is another important complex concept with a fuzzy definition.
		The term kidding is often positively associated with a teacher’s sense of humor.
		To be effective, the indirect language and intonation of kidding must imply a genuine love of and respect for the person being kidded, even though the actual words may suggest negative connotations.
	www.brainconnection.com /content/11_1 (1062 words)

	Sense of Humor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		One of the main causes of suffering and stress is a sense of helplessness, powerlessness, or lack of control.
		With similar thoughts in mind, Francis Bacon (1561 ~ 1626) wrote, "Imagination was given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is." Life is not so much a path as it is a tightrope.
		That is, senior citizens with a good sense of humor and a positive attitude, but poor health, survive longer than those that are in good health but have poor attitudes.
	www.personal-development.com /chuck/humor.htm (1105 words)

	Diagnose-Me: Condition: Poor Sense of Humor
		Although researchers have long known that a good sense of humor has many healthy benefits, relatively little is known about how humor is handled by the brain.
		Thanks to new imaging techniques (MRI), researchers are now learning more about how the brain processes humor and may one day be able to help people who have lost their sense of humor due to depression or other psychological disorders.
		The study showed that, in addition to activating areas of the brain involved in language processing, humor also stimulated regions of the brain known as reward centers, such as the amygdala, which releases dopamine.
	www.diagnose-me.com /cond/C228362.html (311 words)

	KAFKA'S SENSE OF HUMOR -- Mark Seaver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While looking at even these few scattered references, it should be clear that Kafka not only had a sense of humor, strange as it may have been, he used it with brevity in his writing.
		Kafka saw humor not only as a defense against the pain and anguish he felt inflicted upon him by the outside world, but also against the pain he rained upon himself.
		But when Kafka used humor, as shown here, he used it to further emphasize the horror of what was going on in his worlds.
	www.pitt.edu /~kafka/seaver.html (1774 words)

	Develop Your Sense Of Humor (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-2.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Humor and laughter are recognized as so important that a cottage industry of consultants has developed to teach humor skills to business and professional people.
		Humor allows the speaker, presenter or trainer to interact with members of their audience, address a sensitive idea or topic without causing offense and encourage members of the audience to feel free to express themselves.
		Humor and laughter are like "social glue" to help create trust, familiarity and relationships.
	www.speaking-tips.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Articles/Develop-Your-Sense-Of-Humor.aspx (642 words)

	Sense of Humor
		We can develop projects with a sense of humor ranging from subtle wordplay to pratfalls or a pie in the face.
		The key thing with this sense is knowing when to use it, and to what extent.
		The project must always be taken seriously with humor used as a creative tool to achieve the project goals.
	www.tamainteractive.com /humor.htm (125 words)

	Babs - The Conversation Station: SENSE OF HUMOR
		Lately, I have been thinking about all the different types of humor there are out there in the world and how they came to be categorized.
		It took me years to understand the concept of a dry sense of humor.
		I don't have a sense of humor at all & I don't like things that are funny, either.
	babs.typepad.com /babs/2005/01/sense_of_humor.html (653 words)

	Medicine of Laughter: Spurgeon´s Humor. Wit, jokes and humor in preaching ministry of Spurgeon
		Spurgeon considered humor such an integral part of his ministry that a whole chapter in his autobiography is devoted to it.
		Humor permeates his sermons and writings, often woven into the fabric of his messages.
		Both in tough times and sick times, humor was a means for him to deal with his situation.
	guide.gospelcom.net /resources/medicine.php (1585 words)

	AskMen.com - Funny
		Laughter is the best medicine and a great icebreaker for a first date, as a sense of humor is as the number one turn-on for many women.
		See the humor in situations; you'll see that most situations, even getting a $200 dollar speeding ticket or falling down on a banana peel have humor written all over them -- the trick is finding them and being able to laugh at yourself.
		You can always take bits and pieces of others' humor, but you'll want to adapt your shtick to your own style and personality -- in turn, this'll be easier for you and sound more genuine as you won't have to try as hard.
	www.askmen.com /fashion/how_to/57_how_to.html (616 words)

	Does Cancer Have a Sense of Humor?
		The reason, it seems to me, is that the audience recognizes the comic is not suggesting we laugh at his or her ethnic group, but at the situations in which members of that group find themselves—situations that often grow out of the insensitivity and ignorance of others.
		Even if they have a light-hearted disposition in general, their reaction is usually similar to that of Sydney Love, who became the humor editor of CancerOnline.org, and whose story is told in A Lot of Cancer Jokes.
		" and the very fact that she would write the list, let alone see humor in her situation, is a good illustration of how some cancer patients use humor to relieve tension, letting a bit of light into the dark corners of their world.
	www.learningplaceonline.com /illness/humor/sense-humor.htm (1289 words)

	Uncommon Sense: Humor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I prefer a woman that has insurance and a car would be great as I need to make the occasional trip to Mexico to pick up "souvenirs".
		A couple of months ago, everyone, present company excluded, was all abuzz about a new blog called "Libertarian Girl," that sported a pink design template and a large photo of a reasonably attractive blond.
		While the new Airbus Industries A380 is quite an accomplishment by any standard, I nonetheless had to have a good laugh at the QandO blog's dig at the Europeans on the topic.
	www.uncsense.com /root/humor/index.html (1565 words)

	Musings on the Womanly Sense of Humor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		No one knows exactly why this is so, but several authors suggest that perhaps it is thatwomen's smaller size and softer voices make them seem less threatening, thus allowing the level of anxiety to decrease and de-escalating the situation.
		We've occasionally observed situations where a "womanly sense of humor" proved invaluable in turning a dangerous situation around.
		Those who study gender differences in communication note that women are much less likely to rely on a sense of superiority in their humor than men.
	www.goddessgift.com /goddesses_humor.htm (1171 words)

	Just for Fun
		Not only can they sense our humor, but they also have a sense of their own.
		I contend that sharing humor is one of the highest forms of communication.
		With that information, Herman kicked up her heels and playfully flung her large frame from side to side for the whole length of our living room, leaving me gaping in astonishment.
	www.rabbit.org /journal/3-1/just-for-fun.html (850 words)

	SoHbook
		Is sense of humor a positive personality characteristic?
		Exploring paradigms: The study of gender and sense of humor
		The ill side of humor: Pathological conditions and sense of humor
	www.uni-duesseldorf.de /WWW/MathNat/Ruch/book.html (103 words)

	TNT: Develop Your Sense of Humor
		This technique gives you ideas that encourage you to proactively develop your humor skills and use them everyday.
		Most people can be more productive and useful team players when they are loose and stress-free.
		A well-developed sense of humor keeps you flexible.
	www.thunderboltthinking.com /sensehumor.htm (141 words)

	Sean Hannity's Sense of Humor
		WMD in Iraq-- made at the annual fl tie dinner for radio and television correspondents last week--was callous and tasteless.
		When I went on his show last Friday I listened to him huff and he puff as he tried to pin the blame on liberals for not having a sense of humor.
		As a Vietnam veteran I thank you for standing up to Sean Hannity (and Alan) regarding George Bush's rather distorted sense of humor regarding his inability to find WMDs in Iraq.
	www.thenation.com /blogs/edcut?pid=1345 (451 words)

	Star Wars: Message Boards: Sense of Humor
		I also don't think that anything is sacred when it comes to humor.
		I am reluctant to post this because of how sensitive a topic this is for me, just so you know.
		In fact, once I decided to accept that I will never be rich, successful and good looking, that was the moment that I discovered that I had a sense of humour.
	forums.starwars.com /thread.jspa?threadID=76690 (481 words)

	Lincoln's Sense of Humor
		About the night he knew he'd won the election he later said, "I went home, but not to get much sleep, for I then felt as I never had before, the responsibility that was upon me."
		Lincoln had another side to his personality; he had a good sense of humor and liked to make jokes.
		Here you can see Lincoln's "business card," a joke that the opposing Democratic party played on him during the 1864 presidential election.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/lincoln/humor_1 (109 words)

	Drawing on a sense of humor and a knack for cartooning \| csmonitor.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-2.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Drawing on a sense of humor and a knack for cartooning
		Drawing on a sense of humor and a knack for cartooning
		When Martin Filchock sold his first cartoon to Tidbits magazine for $5, he never thought he'd still be drawing cartoons 81 years later.
	www.csmonitor.com.cob-web.org:8888 /2006/0809/p18s02-hfes.html (346 words)

	DC Physics Humor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The laws of physics are shown to forbid Santa's existence, however the discussion carries on.
		The answer to one of theology (and academia)'s biggest questions.
		Please let me know of physics humor pages to add to the list.
	www.dctech.com /physics/humor.html (704 words)

	Sense Of Humor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The thing that makes me think that your lot in life is funny.
		The end of ConspiracyTheories yesterday I managed a humorous response to a "what kind of wierdo are you?" question, one that I was most pleased with.
		And like all the best humor, it had a most serious point to it.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?SenseOfHumor (301 words)

	A sense of humor, that's what you need! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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