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Actually—others introduced those ideas to my kids and I simply went along. I did not want my kids to feel like outcasts. I would have been more than happy to skip the whole thing.
Just because I live my life differently doesn’t mean I don’t have a grip.
I mean if you TRULY cared about being 100% TRUTHFUL with your kids you would have just been honest with them. Right?
This whole issue is moot for me, as there was no candy in my life as a child. My only concept of candy, was that Hershey bars were something that soldiers handed out to kids in war-torn countries, but were never within my reach. I didn't even know that soda-pop existed, until I was 8 years old and when my parents realized that I'd been exposed to it, made sure that didn't happen again. So I can't relate to any disappointment kids today might have, if all their candy was taken away.
Have to say I wonder how much this has to do with Kimmels talking about what his baby went thorough with the heart surgery and his health care position.
My dad would eat almost all our candy the night we went trick or treating. Well anything chocolate. He would just go for it. It really did suck. It feels like...someone stole from you, took your joy, etc. I wasn't allowed to get upset about it outwardly, though. I wasn't allowed to mention it.
Have to say I wonder how much this has to do with Kimmels talking about what his baby went thorough with the heart surgery and his health care position.
I'm not a parent but I always thought this prank was a good indication of how your kid deals with disappointment. Being upset is probably baseline normal, being cool with it is ideal and being violent says that you need to focus on the way they react to things.
How do parents feel about it?
I think it's just mean. Do I think the kids who say that it's OK are darling? Of course. But I hate this prank.
It isn't a warning sign. You, as the parent, are the person your child is supposed to trust more then anyone else on earth. "Pranking" them is abusive to your power. Maybe its a good "test" to see how your child reacts to being hurt dearly by someone they love and trust with their lives.
For those saying they NEVER lie to their children...
No tooth fairy?
No Santa?
No Easter Bunny?
Come on people. Get a grip.
Magritte, the Tooth Fairy GIVES. Santa GIVES. Easter Bunny GIVES. Parents lying saying they took the candy because it makes a "funny" video (with children crying in disappointment) is not the same thing. It's mean spirited. What kind of parent goes out of their way to upset their child? We discipline, plenty of crying can come with that, but that's for their own good. Being an a-hat to your kid just to laugh? Yuck.
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