How do parents justify lying to their children about things like this (which symbolize materialism, before anything else) and then demand honestly from their children?
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I assume you’re talking about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, etc.
I would most certainly rather not have lied to my son about that, but I was really worried he’d go to school and tell all the other kids the truth when they were only in Kindergarten. That would have made the other parents soooo mad!
So – I played along with the Santa thing, but as soon as he started to express any skepticism at all I stopped.
It’s really sad, too, when some kids get a lot better presents from "Santa" than the other kids get. It makes the kids think they’re inferior to the others! I’ve also heard of people giving their kids ridiculously expensive gifts from the tooth fairy, and that upset all the rest of the kids in the class. That’s the point when people really need to just come clean.
If I ever had any more kids, I don’t think I’d go along with all of that. I think it does more harm than good, although the "magic" of Santa is very exciting to children.
huh?
Things like this? What is this?
You straight up stole my question.
This was in reference to Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the tooth fairy.. he took it out of context, something I wrote in another question.
You really didn’t say what parents were lying about.
we will need a question to give an answer…..thats kinda how this works….
what?
Ah, you must be speaking of Santa Claus. Much like the Easter bunny and the Tooth Fairy. Me thinks that the truth was rather hard on you when you found out.
Its called giving them a childhood
What are you ralking about? If its santa clause and the tooth fairy, I agree with you.
I don’t know what the "things like this" are, but I never lie to my son, even if it makes me look bad. I don’t have to demand honesty from him because he has the love of God in him and the power of the holy spirit that brings forth honesty.
this is called educating by trial and error
things like this?
like Santa?
Many parents don’t see their children as real people. As such, they tend to patronize their children out of laziness. Some parents foster the myths for fun, but the better ones explain that it is just a myth that we play upon as part of our celebration of events.
Things like what? Your question makes no sense.
Lie about WHAT ? "What is :things like this" ?
like Jesus?
Things like what?????
If you mean Christmas/ Santa, Easter bunny, tooth fairy. Before we accepted Jesus as our savior, our kids believed in these. Then we sat them down and told them we need to be honest, and that these did not exist.