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12/23/2005 11:20:48 AM · #1 |
Ok, I'm in trouble over here. My 13 year-old daughter told our neighbor's 10 year old daughter that there is no Santa. Now my neighbors are upset because my daughter "ruined christmas".
In all fairness, it was the 10 year old who asked my daughter what she thought of Santa, real or make-beleive. BUT I had already asked my daughter to say NOTHING about Santa to any of the younger kids.
So my question: At what age did you stop believing in Santa and how did you find out?
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12/23/2005 11:23:32 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by idnic:
So my question: At what age did you stop believing in Santa and how did you find out? |
Huh?.... What.... what are you talking about???....
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo........ |
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12/23/2005 11:24:45 AM · #3 |
Blah isn't onw of these threads enough!
Think of The children!!!!!The Children!!! |
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12/23/2005 11:27:05 AM · #4 |
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12/23/2005 11:30:21 AM · #5 |
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12/23/2005 11:34:03 AM · #6 |
Oh yea, and it looks like a few people have done the 'Nooooooo!' thing on that thread too.... :) |
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12/23/2005 11:35:59 AM · #7 |
i believe in Santa. and the Easter Bunny, too! when you stop believing, you grow old and i'm not ready for that! :)
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12/23/2005 11:44:38 AM · #8 |
| Please continue discussion in the other thread When did you stop believing in Santa I think you'll find many answers there. Thanks. ~Heather~ |
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12/23/2005 11:46:25 AM · #9 |
You might find these posts interesting to read:
//parents.berkeley.edu/advice/holidays/jewish-santa.html
Meanwhile, I think your neighbors are being unreasonable to think that Christmas is "ruined" and that somehow your daughter is to blame! Children start questioning the "truth" about Santa around 2nd or 3rd grade...mostly they continue to try to believe or pretend to believe so their cache of goodies and presents won't be taken away from them.
People who continue to try to keep the myth about Santa "real" to their children are guilty of some of the worst crimes a parent can commit!
1. They are liars....and their children will eventually find that out.
2. They instill false beliefs...and if Santa isn't real then what's next, god?
3. They are deceivers....good things happen by "magic" not because real people are charitable and loving.
4. They are bribers...if you are good you get rewards. (I remember thinking I had been so bad one year that I wasn't going to get any gifts. Therefore, I reasoned, it no longer mattered if I was "good" because I had already blown it. I was 10.)
5. They squash healthy curiosity and critical thinking....don't listen to other opinions, just believe what I believe because I said so.
6. They repress their children....just how long is childhood supposed to last? If a 10 year-old has to believe in Santa, why not allow her to suck her thumb, throw tantrums, and believe her "real" parents will find her one day and put her on her princess throne so she can have anything she wants?
7. They open their children to ridicule...pretty much self-explanatory if you think of your playground days.
8. They subvert the true meaning of Christmas...not elves, reindeer and presents--but child, love and the story of the greatest gift ever given.
I doubt this helps you much in your dilemma--but I had to get it off my chest. Thanks for the opportunity to rant. *<|}:-)
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