Sarcasm explained by a five year old

Yesterday, I was walking Miles and Zella to school and it was horrible weather, windy and wet. Miles said “Het is leuk weer vandaag. (It is nice weather today.)” and Zella replied “Nee, het is helemaal geen mooi weer vandaag.” (No it is not nice weather today, it is horrible.) So then he explained sarcasm to Zella. “Soms als het slecht weer is dan zeg je dat het mooi weer is. Het is een grapje” (Sometimes when it is bad weather, you say that it is nice weather. It is a joke.) I think it is great that Miles understands sarcasm, however, I do fear it also says something about our parenting style…

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