"Too Young For School, but Ready for Irony"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/health/12irony.html?scp=1&sq=irony&st=cseSummary:
Studies show that young children today are starting to use ironic remarks-- even though they don't quite understand what they're saying. A study was conducted on numerous families in Canada, each with two children, and both parents. It showed that the children mostly used hyperbole or rhetorical questions. When involved in a fight, however, children used rhetorical questions and understatements ("I'm just a little bit angry with you right now"). Kids use hyperbole a lot to exaggerate injustices done to them by their parents-- like when they don't receive allowance. Doctors think that this can be a helpful tool in self defense and for understanding when they're older, but some people think differently.
Response:
Children, overall, are starting to become more and more influenced by their parents, what they hear on TV, and what they hear at school. This is harmful to them-- they are using a type of language that they don't even understand in most cases. Their attitude has become bitter and sassy. Their parents just accept it, when their children are really too young to know what they're saying. Whose fault is this? TV, classmates, older classmates, adults, and ultimately parents.
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