At what age should you tell children that Santa isn't real
Or do you think they will just find out on their on???
2006-12-16 00:06:03 · 14 answers · asked by need help 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
www.noradsanta.org thats where you go to find out
2006-12-16 00:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by Talking Hat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe I was slow, but I never really believed in Santa Claus. Unless you actually sit down and watch the television show, or have it specifically told to you, it isn't all that clear that Santa brings all these presents.
I mean, you SEE people everywhere buying presents at stores and talking about presents and gift giving. What kind of mind would repress this overt empirical knowledge and adopt a weakly supported myth?
Few children, unless very very sheltered,would believe in Santa Claus, and more likely feel only obligated to participate in a parents mention of this myth out of a desire to please them.
Make it easy on your kid, tell him santa claus is not real as soon as possible. If you want him to have a nice childhood, tell him commercial christmas is all fake, and its the thought that counts when you give a gift. It means you like them and are thinking about them really hard.
2006-12-18 15:39:04 · answer #2 · answered by J D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope no one is expecting their child to actually believe in Santa Clause in the physical sense. That would be lying and nothing is more important than establishing a relationship with your child rooted in trust. The IDEA of Santa Clause may be a better approach...keeping that giving spirit of Santa Clause alive throughout the Christmas season. Enjoy all that the Christmas season has to offer, including surprising little ones with gifts on Christmas morning. They will enjoy those gifts even more knowing they came from you. Have a great holiday.
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-16 01:46:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they should just find out on their own. why not? when my son asked me about it at around 7 years old, i got out the "Yes, Virginia, THere is a Santa Claus" letter and he loved it. This year he's 9 and he's worried that Santa won't know where to find us as we're travelling this Christmas.
2006-12-16 00:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by cassandra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kids grow up way to fast in our culture and are not allowe imagination and magic in their lives which help them cope later on in life with the many trials and tribulations they have to face.
I did not tell my son until he was 13 and he thanked me for it after the fact as he loved the "magic" of Christmas and wondering if the sounds on the rooftop on Christmas Eve were Ruldolph and the gang.
While I also stress Christ and this being about Him; I recognize that not all people or cultures do...to have "Santa" in a child's life for those that don't have something deeper-rooted to believe in, at least as a child, is depriving of them the opportunity of blissful faith that things will work out for the best in the long run. All of us need hope for a better tomorrow in our lives..why deprive a child of that hope?
2006-12-16 02:37:30 · answer #5 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just let them find out on their own. My daughter is 10 and has just come to the conclusion that Santa isn't real.
2006-12-16 01:37:01 · answer #6 · answered by latingirl0527 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with children growing up so quickly now a days i think that you should allow your child to believe in santa claus as long as they can. children don't really get to be children for that long anymore.
2006-12-16 00:28:26 · answer #7 · answered by maggie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all grow out of it at some point on their own. I don't understand what pleasure a parent would get out of telling a child that still believes that he is not real. There is no harm in it. Parents should be truthful about the important things in life.
2006-12-16 00:26:28 · answer #8 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let them find out by themselves. My daughter is 12 and even though she knows there's no Santa, I still just can't bring myself to actually CONFIRM it for her
2006-12-16 00:14:54 · answer #9 · answered by jingles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find out on their own... but it can be pretty cruel sometimes lol.
I remember me and my brother saw presents in the bathtub, hidden by a sheet or something...
so my brother went to my grandmother crying, and she told him that Santa Clausa had died because he was too old! hahah I bet that must have been a double shock!
2006-12-16 00:15:56 · answer #10 · answered by Sylvia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find out on their own.
dont take away part of their childhood to early, let them have a bit of magic in their lives.
most kids find out by themselves to early anyway, though i did have my eldest belveing till he was 11!!!!
but let them find out on themselves, if they ask you say it is real, but once they start questioning "how?" can it be real, then you tell them the truth
2006-12-16 00:12:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋