Telling you kids the truth even when it's uncomfortable is what parenting is about. Naturally as you said it's important to think about the age of your child and speak to them in terms they can understand.
Telling you kids the truth even when it's uncomfortable is what parenting is about. Naturally as you said it's important to think about the age of your child and speak to them in terms they can understand.
The moon is made of cheese, Santa brings presents. I like the idea of "magic" but there has to be some thought behind it at times to make sure it doesn't move toward creating belief on illusion. Imagination can still be encouraged.
We do Santa, but these days kids know at a young age that it's not real. That is a fun tradition and I have no issue with it. Moon made of cheese is pretty silly and never understood that one or many others that people tell kids.
In our house there is a lot of creative time built in. Arts of all kinds, writing their own stories, creating new words, and any other way I can get them to be creative when at home since school is designed to turn them into mindless robots. Those with a creative mind can change the world.