What kind of example are we setting?
2007-11-12 17:29:13 · 18 answers · asked by chrisviolet4011 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Yes it is lying.... it's also a little scary.
WE tell them that there's this big fat man with a beard who can get into the house when your asleep. That his at the shopping mall and it is ok to go sit on this strangers lap.
After all that we still expect kids to believe us when we tell them not to talk to strangers and they are safe in their beds????????????????
WHAT ARE WE THINKING????
Thats it I am going to sit my children down right now and tell them there is NO Santa clause..
Then when they go to school and tell all their friends the truth, all these parents will be able to thank me.
2007-11-13 18:27:13 · answer #1 · answered by jeanyos 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every child needs a bit of Christmas magic. I guess it's not fundamentally a lie until they actually ask you "Mum, is Santa real?" and you reply "Yes". Until then, I don't think the line is crossed and I've never heard of any damage done by a kid finding out the fat man isn't reality.....just my thoughts
2007-11-13 19:16:56 · answer #2 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is. My parents tried to tell me about Santa, but I asked too many questions. Eventually, they were just like "ok, fine - no, he doesn't exist", and I was satisfied. With the truth.
2007-11-13 01:32:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I told my daughter I was Santa she had a fit and screamed "so there's no Santa?" Well of course there is, it's just that I'm him! No, it was not a lie. I AM Santa. There is a Santa Clause.
2007-11-13 01:37:42 · answer #4 · answered by Watching in Westminster 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, Santa is real. Santa is a spirit who lives in people.
Long Live Santa!
edit: This is what I told my children when they questioned Santa, and they were not disappointed.
2007-11-13 01:32:20 · answer #5 · answered by Duelee 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
or the tooth fairies
or the easter bunnie
or the fact that life is fun
no I dont think lying to kids about something that will brin a smile to their face and so much enjoyment can be classified as a lie, if it is then we are all guilty.
Happiness should be placed before any "sin" especially when you are talking about a childs mental and physical enviroments
2007-11-13 01:42:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No more so then I do talking to children about Jesus or the Easter Bunny.
Technically it is lying - speaking a known untruth is a lie.
2007-11-13 01:33:37 · answer #7 · answered by ₪ Rabidus-Odonata ₪ 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. It's one of the magical parts of childhood. Lying is when your intention is to mislead someone for your own reasons or purposes. While technically it is misleading the intention is to give them some pleasure. There's little enough magic in life. They deserve it while they're small.
2007-11-13 01:46:26 · answer #8 · answered by MissWong 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's called, keeping children's imagination alive.
And trying to keep them children for as long as possible. They grow up fast enough.
Who cares if technically it's lying.
Seeing the look on my kids faces on Christmas day, is enough for me to keep up the excitement for them.
2007-11-13 01:35:38 · answer #9 · answered by Mummabear 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
nope because i always ask "well what do you think" and if that's what they believe then that' what it is. but the day they find out there's no santa don't think i won't tell them
2007-11-13 01:37:54 · answer #10 · answered by rebel with a cause 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋