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RE: Do YOUR Kids Have Trust Issues: Lying About Santa Claus
It really is a difficult decision, on the one hand we want our kids to be amazed and believe in "magic" but on the other it involves lying to them. I always said I would not lie to my kids about Santa, since actually having kids I've felt more uncertain about it. My husband and I discussed it several times over the last few weeks and didn't' want to perpetuate the myth. Then off to school my eldest goes and comes back with all the myths as they teach them in school, so now the dilema is even bigger as telling our child the truth will most likely affect other children :( hmmm what to do?
why do you want your kids to believe in something that is not real?
cognitive dissonance leads to mental illness.
Your childs teachers lied to him.
No way you can prevent him from learning that....
THEN you kid will lose faith in the system
do you want your child to lose faith in you too?
Exactly.
Everyone else in life will lie to them, teach them early you won't.
My child grew up knowing Santa is a story.
Though they were taught other children believe it as fact, we did not put them in public school so they missed that little episode. There have been times where other kids were talking about santa and I'm proud they didn't give it away for them.
Better to let a child learn the truth from the parent who lied to them originally, than for them to find out from a stranger. Right?
Lies are lies.