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Lying?
I was lurking on another board and read a post where someone said that having your kids believe in Santa, Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy was lying to them. What do you think...is this lying to your kids. Do you plan on having your kids believe in Santa, etc.?
(Now, I know they're not real, so telling your children that they exist, when they in fact do not, is a lie. But, does it feel like you're lying to them...I guess that's what I'm trying to get at.)
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Re: Lying?
Absolutely. Santa, The Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Jesus are all going to play a part in our kids' early lives. It might be lying, but it's also lying when I tell them that cabbage tastes good, sitting too close to the TV will make them blind and "Grandma isn't crazy".
We may even introduce "The Dinner Witch", too!
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We're absolutely going to go along with the Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy traditions. It's harmless fun. I can't think of anyone who was negatively effected by these tiny lies.
Tofu, cabbage does taste good! At least pickled cabbage and brussels sprouts do.
We have the Dungeon Police. They lurk in shops and fetch naughty children that scream in the shop and take then underground to the Dungeons. And usually the security plays along.
We also have the table police that makes sure that he does not sit on the table.
Oh yes, and Santa, Easter Bunny, tooth fairy, etc.
Thank god. After reading the post it sounded like I was going to screw up my non-conceived, non-born children by telling them that there's a Santa and that the Tooth Fairy gives them cash. Lord...let the kids have a little fun in their lives!
And PS - The Dinner Witch and the Dungeon Police are GENIUS! I will be using them.
Ha, I have to agree. You reminded me though of my dad - he took a public speaking course about 10 years ago and in his final speech infront of an audience he talked about the point that his life started to spiral downward and out of control - when his mother finally told him, at the age of 14, that the Easter Bunny wasn't real. It was great, he had people in tears.
He said that he had suspected something was up for years, given the absence of giant, human sized rabbits that walked upright present in daily life and the indisputable fact that rabbits neither lay eggs nor are they made of chocolate.
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I don't have kids yet and I can't say for sure what I will tell them about the Sata Easter Bunny or Tooth Fairy, but honestly I am leaning more towards not teaching them about them.
I don't even remember believing in Santa, probally because I was five when my father told me Santa didn't exist. I honestly can't say that it bothered me or that I feel like I missed out on something. To me, Santa was just a fairy tale and I was fine with that.
I have every intention to "lie" to my future kids about Santa and the Tooth Fairy. IMO, it's part of the magic of childhood. And I'd be really pissed if someone ruined it for them when they'd still believe otherwise (especially if it was an adult who did it).
Also, the dinner witch & dungeon police are complete genius! :::makes mental note :::
Of course there will be a Tooth Fairy in my kids' lives--Santa and the Easter Bunny not so much because I'm Jewish, but I will totally teach my kids about the apres-Christmas and Easter chocolate sales--that's NO lie!
My mom lied to me growing up and told me that magnets break refrigerators and that my friends' parents who put their report cards up with magnets are idiots. I believed her until I got to COLLEGE! I called my mom in tears that she lied to me all those years just because she didn't want a cluttered fridge!
Also, love the Dungeon Police!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SANTA CLAUS ISN'T REAL?!
I think unless you surround yourself with only other families who are not telling their kids about these things then there's no way they won't know about it. And you'd have to stay away from any sort of shopping or public center from about October on to not see any of this stuff... And do you really want to be the parents of the kid who tells all the other 4 year olds at preschool that Santa isn't real? Not so much. It's good fun and kids love it, there's definitely no harm that comes from it in my opinion.
We do Santa, Easter Bunny and we will have the Tooth Fairy come too when he loses teeth (in France it's a mouse that collects the teeth and gives money, we may do that instead).
I guess it is lying, but it's harmless and for fun. I loved believing in Santa. My dad went to great efforts to make us believe (sled and deer tracks in the snow etc...).
I plan on having my kids believe in Santa etc. It was a fun time in childhood and puts a bit of extra magic into the holidays. Yes, I guess technically, it is lying but I think it is harmless.
My parents never came right out and told us that Santa/Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy weren't real. They always said that if we didn't believe, then there would be no more gifts/money/chocolate as Santa/Tooth Fairy/Easter Bunny only comes to those who believe. My sister and I figured it out along the way, of course, but we never told them we knew. It became another silly tradition as we grew up - we knew, and they knew we knew - but no one actually coming right out with it. I have great memories of those times with my family and hope that I will be able to have my future children share similar experiences.