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Oh yeah. Growing up, my mom was awesome about what she called 'creating memories'. She would wake us up and drive us out to a field to watch the sunrise, bury pirate treasure and give us a map to find it, etc. She would pull me out of school for "love days". My dad built a huge treehouse and would take me to work with him. I had a pretty awesome childhood.
We let our kids believe in those things until they questioned us about them.
By the second grade the tooth fairy was the last to go.
We didn't see the harm in them believing in fantasy and still don't.
Kids will grow up soon enough. We found there's magic in childhood and if we had denied our kids the natural progression of learning those characters aren't real we would have missed out on some of that magic, that fun.
Oh yeah. Growing up, my mom was awesome about what she called 'creating memories'. She would wake us up and drive us out to a field to watch the sunrise, bury pirate treasure and give us a map to find it, etc. She would pull me out of school for "love days". My dad built a huge treehouse and would take me to work with him. I had a pretty awesome childhood.
As a kid it is very convienient to play along with things.
Recently one of my kids appeared to be forgotton, passed by, ignored by the tooth fairy.
A large payout was requested to compensate for tardy service and ensure prompt payment for future teeth.
This is the response that I get a lot. How is being honest and teaching kids critical thinking skills not letting them be kids? How is teaching them not to lie or listen to fiction as truth not letting them be kids?
Kids can have plenty of imagination, play, pretend, etc and be kids without being told lies for whatever reason.I guess that I posed the question because the mother was so angry. She said that other parents should not ruin her kid's childhood because they refuse to play along.
Kids believe what you tell them for the most part, if you choose to teach them anything as truth, a religion, tradition, cultural mindset or whatever they believe it regardless of any "truth". I find the notion of providing falsehoods odd. I suppose I just found it odd that she was angry with the parents, the child and everyone because they didn't play along with her unreality. Andy why should they?
I mean if one kid is an atheist and the other a Muslim, do parents tell each kid to lie about their beliefs as not to hurt feelings? No, you just tell the kid that everyone believes something different. And the fact that a parent would get so upset over a fictional character is disturbing to me. Thanks for your thoughts.
I mean if one kid is an atheist and the other a Muslim, do parents tell each kid to lie about their beliefs as not to hurt feelings? No, you just tell the kid that everyone believes something different. And the fact that a parent would get so upset over a fictional character is disturbing to me. Thanks for your thoughts.
No, but hopefully you teach your kids that it is important to respect the beliefs and traditions of others. Which means it is not our job to go around "correcting" and demeaning those who believe differently.
When I reflect back on the millions of things that make me smile about my kids childhoods, Christmas morning is at the top of the list. Sleepy little eyes in footie pajamas coming down the stairs and the seeing Santa came? Pure and utter joy. I would never have traded that for anything.
When I reflect back on the millions of things that make me smile about my kids childhoods, Christmas morning is at the top of the list. Sleepy little eyes in footie pajamas coming down the stairs and the seeing Santa came? Pure and utter joy. I would never have traded that for anything.
Yeah, why would you want to miss that? I think that's what most of us can't understand. It's one of the only times the adults get as much of a thrill as the kids. I don't know why you'd want to deprive either you or your children of it. I hate to say it, but it's just very very bah humbuggy.
And if you planted that seed of doubt in my kid's head before our time was up, OP, I wouldn't be happy about it either.
When I reflect back on the millions of things that make me smile about my kids childhoods, Christmas morning is at the top of the list. Sleepy little eyes in footie pajamas coming down the stairs and the seeing Santa came? Pure and utter joy. I would never have traded that for anything.
I had the same experiences without Santa. Not having Santa doesn't remove the pure and utter joy.
I had the same experiences without Santa. Not having Santa doesn't remove the pure and utter joy.
Yeah...um, I'm going to bet the 'joy' was about the presents, not who left them.
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Growing up, my mom was awesome about what she called 'creating memories'. She would wake us up and drive us out to a field to watch the sunrise, bury pirate treasure and give us a map to find it, etc. She would pull me out of school for "love days". My dad built a huge treehouse and would take me to work with him. I had a pretty awesome childhood.
Good for you!!
