We teach or kids the not to lie to their pearents,grandparents,teachers....... We lie & tell them their is a santa. How our they suppose to trust us when they find out their is no santa.
2006-12-22 00:53:36 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I'd like to believe that we mislead our children about Santa because there is still a little bit of him in us. Being able to watch their faces light up when we mention his name is a joy that keeps us telling them the story of santa until they are old enough to know the truth. Yes, we do teach them not to lie but what real harm is in it to have them believe in something mythical?, We also tell them the tooth will come to get their missing tooth. I just don't see the harm , but that's just my opinion.
2006-12-22 02:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by Lady in red 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My kids are 14, 10 and 8. They all believe in Santa. They know that Santa is the spirit of giving. St. Nicohlas lived along time ago (910ac)and after he died people carried on his generosity of giving. This is true. Santa became commercialized by Coca-Cola in the early 1900's.
Santa lives in your heart if, you believe in doing for others. Your kids can be Santa to another child by donating a toy or helping at a food bank or shelter. Even shoveling the driveway for the senior citizen down the street. There really is a Santa.
2006-12-22 02:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by believe 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, mostly because is a tradition and if we don't tell them, there is a Santa they are gonna ask you why everybody believes in Santa and mainly when they are in school would be difficult to them say: there's no Santa, when each child on school is talking about Santa and all that stuffs. Anyways, when they get up, they are gonna understand why we had to say this, is not our fault, is just their happiness.
2006-12-22 01:01:04 · answer #3 · answered by •·.·Må®ïå·.·• 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This year my husband and I decided to let our three year old in on the fact that Santa doesn't bring presents, parents do. At first it was hard, because I was brought up to believe in Santa. I asked my son if he was upset to find out Santa was not real, He was thoroughly disappointed to find out Santa was not real. He told us to tell her now because He didn't want his baby sister's feelings to be hurt. My oldest two children have known for awhile. When someone asks the 3yr. what is Santa bringing her for Christmas...she says nothing, Santa doesn't bring presents, mom's and Dad's do. We work hard to instill the TRUE meaning of Christmas. I am thankful that we told her. She is very smart for her age, and her brother was right.
2006-12-22 01:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by CJ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to... my husband's Mom didn't, she always avoided it and never told him there really was a Santa. I might chat with her, becase we have a 14 month old son, and I also don't want to lie to him at all... but the fun of Santa- I know for myself growing up, it was a LOT of fun, and I didn't hate my parents for having me believe...even when I found out - at age 6 from a friend in school that he wasn't real, I still wanted to believe anyways.
2006-12-22 00:58:42 · answer #5 · answered by m930 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We don't. In our family of 6 we each buy for one another and our 4 yr old knows where his gifts come from. However, people in our community lie to him.
We were shopping last week and the check out lady asked my son if Santa was coming to see him. He gave her the strangest look. I know he was wondering why that man from the mall would be coming to his house. Then she asked what he wanted for Christmas and he said he didn't know.
My mission is accomplished. No Santa and he's not thinking only of himself this Christmas. He talks to me about what he wants to get his siblings instead.
Why do we give gifts? Not because of a fat man in a red suit. Because Jesus gave us the greatest gift of all!!
2006-12-22 01:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by Sherral 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are you thinking? Of course there is a Santa. It's all in the heart of giving and allowing our children to build their imaginations. Whats so wrong with that? We all seem to want our children to grow physically and mentally. What about spiritually? Lets give them the opportunity to be inventive. If they can create Santa as a child who knows what they can create as an adult. Maybe they'll grow up to be the next Walt Disney. Be open minded. And have faith in your children. Lets not step on their creativity.
2006-12-22 02:04:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What do you MEAN, "there is no Santa"???
Of course there is!
Why on EARTH, other than a mis-placed sense of cruelty, would I lie to my son and tell him the Spirit of Giving DOESN'T exist? Just because he can't understand the whole truth at this age, does that mean I should deliberately tell him cruel lies?
Why would I want to deny him that joy of early childhood, looking forward to Santa? Why would I want to deny him the joy of later childhood (and, indeed, adolescence & adulthood), actually being part of Santa?
It sounds like someone once told YOU some terrible lies and destroyed your joy. It's really unforgivable, when someone tells a child a lie like, "There is no Santa".
2006-12-22 01:07:56 · answer #8 · answered by Katherine Blackthorne 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I've never lied about santa, I have always told them its just a fun story. We enjoy all the stories, music, and food of christmas but they know that their presents come from us and family. I do this because of my strong christian faith. I know clearly that if I decieve them in this area that they willl someday question if I was lying to them about God. The only problem with this is at school they try to educate all their classmates about santa.
2006-12-22 00:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by jabbergirl 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's called fantasy....I believed in Santa when I was little. I trust my parents 100% today. If you don't want to expose your child to fantasy, don't take him/her to see any movies and don't read him/her anything except biographies. B/c even though you may tell him/her "this isn't real" there will be a part of them which believes it and hopes it's true. Let them be children.
2006-12-22 01:47:56 · answer #10 · answered by muscgrad2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋