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Well, the Santa drama has already started
Nov. 20th, 2023 04:52 pmI've said this before, and I'll surely say it again: if your love for lying to your kids about Santa keeps you from having compassion and empathy for people who were actually hurt when they found out the truth then you seriously need to reconsider your priorities.
If you are unable to consider any other form of childrearing without talking about how "sad" it is that some kids are not being told that Santa really literally exists then you are not being very kind and you seriously need to reconsider your priorities. You also lack imagination - which honestly is a bit troubling given that people who promote this version of Santa at all costs always try to claim that it's the only way to promote imagination.
And, finally, if you think that there's one approach to doing a literal Santa which will guarantee that your child is not one of the unlucky ones who is extremely upset when they find out the truth... well, you might be right, but I wouldn't bet money on it. Sure, there's a lot of really toxic ways to do Santa, but that doesn't mean that doing it in a non-toxic way will assure a happy child for life, much less that you've got the secret method. I think you're just fooling yourself because you want to keep lying to your kids.
I don't get it. Obviously the fun part is playing pretend, that's why adults go to these lengths with their kids - so why not let the kids do the fun part? The pretend part? Why lie to them rather than being honest from the get-go so they can actually play pretend?
On an unrelated note, I just googled it and reindeer mostly eat hay and moss, which is about what you'd expect, and apparently sometimes bird eggs, which I didn't expect. Carrots weren't on the list. They're not physically capable of eating carrots and also carrots don't grow where reindeer live.
If you are unable to consider any other form of childrearing without talking about how "sad" it is that some kids are not being told that Santa really literally exists then you are not being very kind and you seriously need to reconsider your priorities. You also lack imagination - which honestly is a bit troubling given that people who promote this version of Santa at all costs always try to claim that it's the only way to promote imagination.
And, finally, if you think that there's one approach to doing a literal Santa which will guarantee that your child is not one of the unlucky ones who is extremely upset when they find out the truth... well, you might be right, but I wouldn't bet money on it. Sure, there's a lot of really toxic ways to do Santa, but that doesn't mean that doing it in a non-toxic way will assure a happy child for life, much less that you've got the secret method. I think you're just fooling yourself because you want to keep lying to your kids.
I don't get it. Obviously the fun part is playing pretend, that's why adults go to these lengths with their kids - so why not let the kids do the fun part? The pretend part? Why lie to them rather than being honest from the get-go so they can actually play pretend?
On an unrelated note, I just googled it and reindeer mostly eat hay and moss, which is about what you'd expect, and apparently sometimes bird eggs, which I didn't expect. Carrots weren't on the list. They're not physically capable of eating carrots and also carrots don't grow where reindeer live.
