Timeline for Why would you lie to your children about Santa?
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| Apr 29, 2016 at 12:22 | comment | added | Layna | You have to believe the little lies, Santa, Tooth Faeries, so you can learn to believe the big ones, justice, Truth! Thanks to dear Sir Terry Pratchett. youtu.be/AnaQXJmpwM4 | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 8:38 | history | edited | Micha Sprengers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 7, 2015 at 10:19 | comment | added | RedSonja | When my sister and I found out (I think we learned it in school) we kept quiet so as not to spoil it for our youngest sister. | |
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| May 6, 2015 at 12:24 | comment | added | Mark Rogers | The myth of Santa helps people to contemplate other society-wide deceptions. Like Nietzsche it teaches that assumptions derived from other people and tradition maybe false. We live in a world filled with layers of deception, its good to get kids thinking about those concepts. | |
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| May 6, 2015 at 9:06 | answer | added | Yuriy Zaletskyy | timeline score: -1 | |
| May 6, 2015 at 4:15 | comment | added | Elliot Gorokhovsky | I'm Jewish, so my parents never lied to me about it, and I remember having lots of fun telling the other kids in kindergarten the truth. Don't lie to your kids, they'll find out quickly and distrust you afterwords. | |
| May 5, 2015 at 15:13 | answer | added | sadmama | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 4, 2015 at 23:18 | answer | added | r12 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 4, 2015 at 18:41 | answer | added | Edna Ferg | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 4, 2015 at 1:52 | comment | added | user9075 | As a parent, my concerns revolved more around the effect of the sickeningly crass commercialism that surrounds Christmas in US culture. I'm not a Christian, but the commercialism seems particularly gross given that Jesus seems to have been an itinerant beggar who told his followers to give away all of their worldly possessions and prepare for the end of the world. | |
| May 3, 2015 at 21:15 | comment | added | trlkly | Not good enough to be a real answer, but it's really simple for me. I remember very much enjoying Santa when I was a kid. I even enjoyed the part where you figured out he wasn't real. I would not want to deprive my child of the chance to enjoy this experience. Yes, there are some kids who would not enjoy it, but I think I would know my kid well enough to know if that is the case, and there's a ton I can do to ease the transition. I've only known of it causing lasting harm if there are other, bigger issues of trust. I mean, we act like fictional characters are real all the time with kids. | |
| May 3, 2015 at 19:41 | comment | added | Carsten S | A nice example: thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/482/… | |
| May 3, 2015 at 12:58 | answer | added | Francis Davey | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 3, 2015 at 7:38 | answer | added | hildred | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 3, 2015 at 5:49 | answer | added | GreenAsJade | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 2, 2015 at 23:03 | comment | added | OJFord | I remember telling the other kids in school in reception/yr1. One kid called me a liar and said I'd only be getting a sack of coal for christmas - "it happened to my cousin!" - the teacher told the class that of course he was real and sent me home (!). | |
| May 2, 2015 at 20:28 | comment | added | bandybabboon | Santa clause is more of a joke concept that a political smokescreen. only very small children normally easily believe in supernatural beings in a well balanced education. my elder brother told me there was a crocodile in a very murky pond near my house, it had a lasting effect on me and i certainly didnt fall in. | |
| May 2, 2015 at 11:37 | answer | added | user2338816 | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 2, 2015 at 7:06 | answer | added | Steven D | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 2, 2015 at 3:58 | comment | added | Martin Argerami | Our view has always been that we are the ones who enforce discipline and say "no" all year long, and then we are expected spend money on presents and let a fat fantasy guy take all the credit? No thanks. | |
| May 2, 2015 at 1:46 | comment | added | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | I upvoted this question because the whole concept of deceiving kids like this does not seem at all appealing to me and I'm fascinated to see what the answers might be. :-) | |
| May 2, 2015 at 0:51 | comment | added | Kyle Strand | OP, out of curiosity, were you personally upset when you found out that Santa didn't exist, and/or do you know anyone who was? Like the first two commenters, my experience was pretty positive: I thought it was really cool that adults worldwide could coordinate such an interesting "make-believe" story together, all in the name of good will, charity, and love. (Yes, really. I was a fairly precocious child.) | |
| May 1, 2015 at 23:22 | answer | added | Francine DeGrood Taylor | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 1, 2015 at 21:28 | vote | accept | Micha Sprengers | ||
| May 1, 2015 at 20:07 | comment | added | Dr. Spock | What truth? Lying? Are you suggesting that Santa does not exist? | |
| May 1, 2015 at 18:04 | comment | added | Karl Bielefeldt | Related. | |
| May 1, 2015 at 14:57 | vote | accept | Micha Sprengers | ||
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| May 1, 2015 at 14:28 | answer | added | Joe | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 1, 2015 at 7:53 | comment | added | Julia Hayward | Our news in December always seems to feature a different pastor who's upset a whole school by demanding the children accept there's no Santa. The cynic in me wonders if such individuals' motivation to "expose the lie" (and make others do likewise) is a fear that the children will naturally grow up to question and reject the pastor's religion in the same way as they grow up to naturally question and reject the existence of Santa, fairies, and other feelgood stories. | |
| May 1, 2015 at 6:46 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackParenting/status/594030165140873217 | ||
| May 1, 2015 at 6:41 | comment | added | Erik | I consider the whole Santa thing to be like organising a surprise party. Do you feel bad because someone lured you to a location with a lie, or do you feel happy because someone used a false pretense to host an awesome party for you? | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 21:33 | answer | added | Gregory R. | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 20:24 | comment | added | Kai Qing | I tell my kids Santa breaks into our house looking for cookies and clumbsily drops presents around while doing so. If you hear him, don't try to surprise him or he will burn the tree down. One of a great many stories I tell them that aren't necessarily lies as much as they are comical make believe the same way playing dollhouse is to me. I never got the impression they would be surprised to find out we were really the one breaking into the house leaving presents around. Especially since they know some gifts come from us (and other family members) anyhow. | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 19:58 | answer | added | Brian White | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 19:30 | answer | added | Emily | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 19:06 | comment | added | Jason | My parents played Santa, until I figured it out. Never felt lied to or deceived by my parents. Nothing negative whatsoever. | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 17:27 | comment | added | user11394 | I remember figuring out that Santa == Mom & Dad on my own. I think the negative effects were mostly for my parents: Now I knew who to pester for gifts. | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 17:02 | answer | added | Nathan | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 16:25 | answer | added | Robert Mandeville | timeline score: 40 | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 16:22 | answer | added | Adam Davis | timeline score: 53 | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 15:00 | answer | added | Murphy | timeline score: 30 | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 14:38 | answer | added | anongoodnurse | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 12:41 | answer | added | Acire | timeline score: 51 | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 11:54 | history | edited | Acire |
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| Apr 30, 2015 at 11:30 | history | edited | Acire | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 30, 2015 at 9:07 | history | asked | Micha Sprengers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |