Lying
Why do we tell our children not to lie, and also tell them that there is a tooth fairy, Easter bunny and Santa Clause? We can sugar coat it and dismiss these as a fun, innocent fairy tales, or tradition, or whatever. It boils down to the simple fact that we are lying to our kids. What is the worse of the two evils, depriving our children of these myths, or teaching them that it is ok to lie under certain circumstances?
Mackenzie has a few loose teeth. Kate and I will be creative, and we will not lie.
posted by Mike @ 8:35 AM
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2 Comments:
right on brother..PREACH IT! You have to ask Bob Rice what happened when the Lopez's visited the Rice's and my daughter spilled the tooth fairy beans to one of the Rice's boys. ask him, I am sure he would love to tell you.
Personally, we have our kids trade in their tooth for a date at Mcdonalds or Burger King with Dad or Mom or the entire family. This has been really cool. All of the choices so far have been to involve the entire family. It is a blast. Now when the kids have a loose tooth they are like OH YEAH!
hope this helps..Peace Mike and Kate and the Innovation Crew.
From Dictionary.com
true
1. Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous. See Synonyms at real1. See Usage Note at fact.
2. Truthful.
As for the concept of Santa Clause and giving, as I child I remember equating Santa with "Yay, presents for me!" rather than selfless giving. And I don't think I was different than most kids in that regard. You certainly don't need to embrace a myth to teach selflessness. BTW, for Kenzie's Easter, we recycled a basket that we already had, put just a little candy in there and a check for the Humane Society (since she loves dogs). Hopefully next year we'll upgrade to a human charity.
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