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?
2006-09-15 04:11:41 · 20 answers · asked by Letmebeme 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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.
2006-09-15 04:23:40 · answer #1 · answered by farmgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
parents are merely human beings too, who love and choose to guard there childrens. A determine mendacity to guard their new child is not any different from a new child mendacity to guard themselves. mendacity won't have the ability to be justified. yet now and back it relatively is needed evil. homicide isn't justified the two, yet whilst in a position to kill or be killed, then we do what we expect of is maximum suitable. you could no longer blame a determine for mendacity, as though they are required via some regulation to be common to their childrens one hundred% of the time. i be attentive to my parents lied to me as a new child a protracted time in the past, and that i did no longer go through adverse effects nor do I carry it against them. I lied to them too when I did something undesirable - or to guard their emotions. What makes them extra obligated to honesty than the youngsters? Are they think to be much less human? it relatively is an glaring answer. sure, ends justify the potential. What sturdy would the potential be if the ends have been extra hurtful?
2016-09-30 23:51:09 · answer #2 · answered by haslinger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-15 04:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by Mommymonster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-15 04:16:38 · answer #4 · answered by corwynwulfhund 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-15 04:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by Gail R 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-15 04:21:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-15 04:12:58 · answer #7 · answered by goldfish65398 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Things like what? Your question makes no sense.
2006-09-15 04:16:40 · answer #8 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really didn't say what parents were lying about.
2006-09-15 04:13:06 · answer #9 · answered by thesweetestthings24 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are you ralking about? If its santa clause and the tooth fairy, I agree with you.
2006-09-15 04:15:35 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋