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April Fools Day – Good Opportunity to Bond With Your Kids
According to a report, April Fools Day is a 500 year old tradition. During childhood I tried to fool my friends but many times I was not successful as I am not good prankster. Slowly I lost interest in this day as I was victim on most of the 1st April. Therefore, over the years I started hating April Fools Day and let me tell you I am not the alone. In fact I am probably among the majority of the people who hates the Fools Day. Although humor or laughter is considered good for ones health, but often Fools Day prank is not considered so. Because the prank is targeted at an individual. Due to this reason, April Fools prank rarely create a bonding experience. Rather it is often seen as creating rift between the groups or individuals. But my recent experience suggests me that Fools Day prank may help you to bond well with your kids.
Since last few years I have observed that my daughter started taking interest in Fools Day. She usually waits for this day as she gets a chance to prank me and other family members. She also eagerly waits to know how will I fool her. Since a week before fools day she will try to know how I am going to fool her. We also go in past and remember earlier occasions. With this I started realizing that we are spending good time around this period and bonding well. Therefore, now I take this opportunity to strengthen our bond further.
Since last few years I have observed that my daughter started taking interest in Fools Day. She usually waits for this day as she gets a chance to prank me and other family members. She also eagerly waits to know how will I fool her. Since a week before fools day she will try to know how I am going to fool her. We also go in past and remember earlier occasions. With this I started realizing that we are spending good time around this period and bonding well. Therefore, now I take this opportunity to strengthen our bond further.
How did I fool my daughter on last two occasions? Why did she enjoy?
Last year it was pretty easy to fool her. As any other kid she loves Kinderjoy – a packed oval shaped thing containing chocolate and a small toy. Therefore, while returning from office just got an IDEA to prank my daughter on the occasion of Fools Day. I bought two Kinderjoy's. I ate chocolate and removed toy by carefully opening one Kinderjoy. On a piece of paper I wrote APRIL FOOL, pasted it inside empty Kinderjoy. Carefully packed it back to look it as original and unpacked. Every day when I return from office she has a habit to ask me, ‘What did you bring for me today?'. I immediately handed over Kinderjoy and she was delighted to have a favorite thing. By then she forgot that today is Fools Day and with full joy she got busy in opening it. Reading APRIL FOOL, she was laughing and shouting with a joy. After settling down I handed over another unpacked Kinderjoy. This act doubled her joy. Later she kept on telling everyone in the family and her friends that how she was fooled, how she got Kinderjoy and so on. It continued for few days. Surely, it was a complete fun for both of us for few days.
This year too was no different. She got more inquisitive as the Fools Day approached. I told her that I have planned to fool her in a big way. She was trying to get hint on how, what, etc. etc. But frankly speaking, it would be tough to fool her this year as she was more careful and prepared. Moreover, I was convinced that repeating idea would not work. On Fools Day I had to attend a function as a Chief Guest through day and it was hectic day. I almost forgot that I have to fool my daughter. While returning back got an instant idea. On the way I bought gift containing art and craft as she likes it a lot. I told shop owner to remove original contents and gift pack same with APRIL FOOL message written inside it. I kept original items in my bag and token gift of function in my bag. I just carried bouquet and daughter’s gift in my hand. Once again her habit rescued me. Usually when I return from such function she takes my bouquet and token gift while entering home and starts looking into it. Today was no different. She was playing with her friend. While entering home she along with her friend rushed to me. Both immediately took up my bouquet and gift. I pretended to be normal. As usual she started asking what is it? I replied its gift from function. She got suspicious and said, 'No, its not. You may fool me again'. She also instructed her friend not to open. I replied in normal voice (controlling my laughter), 'I really didn’t get time today to think about April Fool'. Her friend also convinced that they should open and see. When they realized that they are fooled again. Both shouted in joy and laughed loudly. We had fun again for good amount of time. After settling down I gave her original contents of gift. She played with joy and kept on telling everyone again.
Knowing the fun and joy we had together, her friend too was very keen to prank her parents and fool them. She told us she will call her father who is in office and tell him that her 2 month old sister is sick. But I told them they should prohibit from serious pranks and think on lighter pranks. We three sat together and brainstormed on how to prank her parents with lighter jokes. I told her friend to tell father that your two month old sister called you didi. For her mother, we packed junk papers in aluminum foil and kept in her snack box. We told her to tell mom that her friends grandma gave some delicious items.
During this process both the girls were seriously thinking on what’s good and bad prank? They also learned that to make a successful prank one should understand the other person very well. Finally, I felt it was well spent time and bonding with the kids. You too can try bonding this way with your kids. Not only it helps to strengthen bond with your kids but also other relations like Boss-Employee, Teacher-Student, etc. You can utilize this opportunity to strengthen bond of your relationship. I request the readers to suggest the ideas for next years Fools Day which will help me to take our bonding to the next level. Moreover, you can also share your experiences of Fools Day prank with your kids through comments.
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