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Originally Posted by katex
Of course it is Lilly, just as bringing them up in any sort of religion, etc., however, it's the accusation that we may be doing our children long term damage by this wonderful fantasy that is the question here.
OK .. on the flip side, Cashman thought is was a disgrace of this woman to tell the child the truth, however, in the world we live here in the U.K. just such a shame not to let them into this magic.
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No. I don't think we're damaging them by letting them believe in Father Christmas. Millions of people have turned out to be perfectly well adjusted adults despite being allowed to believe in a fantasy figure when they were younger.
If people don't want to let their children believe in Father Christmas then that's up to them but I do wish they would tell their children, especially when they're very young, not to mouth off and spoil it for the others.
Having said that, has anybody else had the Father Christmas questions that we never had to ask our parents flung at them? Questions that have sprung up in recent years and are getting harder and harder to field. Examples of the questions I've been asked are
1) How does Father Christmas get in? (As we live in a new-ish build with no chimney)
2) Why doesn't the burglar alarm go off when Father Christmas comes in?
3) How does he know the number to turn the burglar alarm off?
4) What does Father Christmas do for the rest of the year? (Kids used to be told that he spent the rest of the year making the toys, which was fine when the gifts were toy soldiers and spinning tops but how do you pretend that Father Christmas has made this DS or this Wii ?)
There wouldn't have been these questions years ago. Sign of the times I suppose.
Despite all this though, they've never come straight out and said ' Is he real?' Not yet. I'll be honest about it when they're older. I won't let them go to Secondary school still believing in Father Christmas!
