For all you parents out there: Do you feel guilty teaching your children about the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, etc?

For all you parents out there: Do you feel guilty teaching your children about the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, etc? How do you feel about telling your children that Santa, the Easter Bunny, etc. , is bringing them gifts when you know that this is a lie. Knowing that you will eventually have to explain the reality to them, how do you feel about perpetuating these traditions? Asked by CrownChakra 53 months ago Similar questions: parents feel guilty teaching children Easter Bunny Santa Claus Society > Holidays.

Similar questions: parents feel guilty teaching children Easter Bunny Santa Claus.

No, I do not feel guilty... what is there to feel guilty about?! Why would I feel guilty about keeping their imagination and child-like dreams alive while they are children? This idea that you are "lieing" to the children must be from the same people who believe that children should be spoken to and treated like adults... to what end, I have never been clear on.

Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, etc. Are traditions. Imaginative stories for children to revel in while they are young. Most societies celebrate some sort of story-telling tradition with their children.

There is a tribe in Africa that has their children believe there is an ancestoral crocodile in a certain section of their village. There is a high wall of plant growth all around the area, and the adults laugh and have fun making splashing sounds behind the wall so the children (males especially) will believe they hear the crocodile thrashing about in the water. When the male children hit a certain age, they have a ceremony where the boys are led into the enclosure (they believe houses a live crocodile) to come of age.

They must show bravery as they walk in. Of course, when they come out, they have learned there was never a crocodile, and now they know and must keep the secret. Welcome to adulthood!

Our tradition of imaginative characters is a celebration of a child’s youth, and hitting an age where you learn that it was just a story is one passage into adulthood. I personally have very fond memories of believing in Santa and the Easter Bunny, and I do not ever remember feeling "lied" to when I found out the truth. Instead, I was eager to take up the tradition and "secret" for my younger siblings, and felt like I had entered a new period of my life with this new knowledge.

I think it is so sad that many have started to abandon Halloween, Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc.Because as adults they do not see the value in these traditions. It is not meant for you as an adult. These imaginative figures are gifts to our children -- the gift of believing, imagination and dreaming.

We have so few right of passages from childhood into pre-adulthood in our society, why take this one away from them? Do you have bad memories from believing? Are you going to contribute to making childhood as real and adult-like as possible for our children?

And again I ask, to what end? When my Mom told me the truth about Santa, maybe I never felt like it was a lie because of the way she told me. She explained that there once was a man in a village that had made toys for children and secretly left them for children at their homes.

He lived long ago and is no longer alive, but parents still do this for their children in the spirit of St. Nick and to carry on his tradition. I like the idea that I am carrying on this tradition for my children. I could not imagine taking the excitement of believing away from them!

No, I don’t feel guilty. I would feel guilty if I suffocated their imagination and magic of believing in some crazy pursuit to make them little adults and thrust them into the "real" world before their time.

No guilt whatsoever You hit the nail on the head when mentioning traditions. It is a tradition that you are passing on. As an adult, I know that I was not traumatized by learning the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, etc was not real.

I remember the day my older son found out there was no Santa. I was cleaning out old receipts and he was sitting on the be yammering away. I came across the receipt for his play station - a two year old receipt.

I said out loud, obviously without thinking, that I didn't need the receipt for the play station. He looks me square in the eye and said that Santa brought the play station. While trying to think of something clever to say - he gets this offended look on his face, put his hand on his hips and said "YOU'VE been eating the cookies all these years?"

He was eight years old at the time and he promptly told me that the upcoming Christmas, he got the cookies! He had a younger brother! Ct1950la's Recommendations The Night Before Christmas Amazon List Price: $6.99 Used from: $2.81 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 40 reviews) .

Those of you who have small children, what does the Easter Bunny.

For all you parents out there: Do you feel guilty teaching your children about the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, etc? How do you feel about telling your children that Santa, the Easter Bunny, etc., is bringing them gifts when you know that this is a lie. Knowing that you will eventually have to explain the reality to them, how do you feel about perpetuating these traditions? Asked by CrownChakra 56 months ago Similar Questions: parents feel guilty teaching children Easter Bunny Santa Claus Recent Questions About: parents feel guilty teaching children Easter Bunny Santa Claus Society > Holidays.

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It's the spirit of.... I wondered before I became a Mom, about this. I had a Brother in Law tell my 4 year old niece that there was no Santa. I felt like he took away a part of her childhood.

He explained that he didn't find out until he was 10, and was terribly embarassed, and felt as though his parents had lied to him. That said, I did not want to perpetuate a lie, so I decide that I would talk about the "spirit" of Santa. I did allow, perhaps encourage the belief, but also tempered that with routinely talking about the spirit of Santa, of the Christmas spirit.

When it came to other "characters", I guess I did elude to just that, characters. When confronted by my then 8.5 year old daughter, I admitted there wasn't an actual "Santa" that came down the chimmney and brought gifts. That yes, it was me carrying on the tradition of the spirit of Christmas.

Of course the next question was "so.....there's no tooth fairy? No Easter Bunny? " And, I again explained to a rather mature child that again, Mom was carrying on a tradition that most parents do.

That's it fun for the parents & fun for the kids, and one day, she would probably get the same joy out of becoming Santa and the Tooth Fairy that I did.

! Why would I feel guilty about keeping their imagination and child-like dreams alive while they are children? This idea that you are "lieing" to the children must be from the same people who believe that children should be spoken to and treated like adults... to what end, I have never been clear on.

Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, etc. are traditions. Imaginative stories for children to revel in while they are young. Most societies celebrate some sort of story-telling tradition with their children.

There is a tribe in Africa that has their children believe there is an ancestoral crocodile in a certain section of their village. There is a high wall of plant growth all around the area, and the adults laugh and have fun making splashing sounds behind the wall so the children (males especially) will believe they hear the crocodile thrashing about in the water. When the male children hit a certain age, they have a ceremony where the boys are led into the enclosure (they believe houses a live crocodile) to come of age.

They must show bravery as they walk in. Of course, when they come out, they have learned there was never a crocodile, and now they know and must keep the secret. Welcome to adulthood!

Our tradition of imaginative characters is a celebration of a child’s youth, and hitting an age where you learn that it was just a story is one passage into adulthood. I personally have very fond memories of believing in Santa and the Easter Bunny, and I do not ever remember feeling "lied" to when I found out the truth. Instead, I was eager to take up the tradition and "secret" for my younger siblings, and felt like I had entered a new period of my life with this new knowledge.

I think it is so sad that many have started to abandon Halloween, Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc. because as adults they do not see the value in these traditions. It is not meant for you as an adult. These imaginative figures are gifts to our children -- the gift of believing, imagination and dreaming.

We have so few right of passages from childhood into pre-adulthood in our society, why take this one away from them? Do you have bad memories from believing? Are you going to contribute to making childhood as real and adult-like as possible for our children?

And again I ask, to what end? When my Mom told me the truth about Santa, maybe I never felt like it was a lie because of the way she told me. She explained that there once was a man in a village that had made toys for children and secretly left them for children at their homes.

He lived long ago and is no longer alive, but parents still do this for their children in the spirit of St. Nick and to carry on his tradition. I like the idea that I am carrying on this tradition for my children. I could not imagine taking the excitement of believing away from them!

No, I don’t feel guilty. I would feel guilty if I suffocated their imagination and magic of believing in some crazy pursuit to make them little adults and thrust them into the "real" world before their time.

No guilt whatsoever You hit the nail on the head when mentioning traditions. It is a tradition that you are passing on. As an adult, I know that I was not traumatized by learning the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, etc was not real.

I remember the day my older son found out there was no Santa. I was cleaning out old receipts and he was sitting on the be yammering away. I came across the receipt for his play station - a two year old receipt.

I said out loud, obviously without thinking, that I didn't need the receipt for the play station. He looks me square in the eye and said that Santa brought the play station. While trying to think of something clever to say - he gets this offended look on his face, put his hand on his hips and said "YOU'VE been eating the cookies all these years?

" He was eight years old at the time and he promptly told me that the upcoming Christmas, he got the cookies! He had a younger brother! Ct1950la's Recommendations The Night Before Christmas Amazon List Price: $6.99 Used from: $2.81 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 40 reviews) .

Absolutely Not I grew up with these traditions, and feel I'm okay. Too much of childhood is disappearing as it is, and really you are Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and that's what they'll understand, not that you've lied to them. I love that my 6-year-old believes the Tooth Fairy is building a castle out of all the teeth she's gotten, that Santa Claus is busy making toys, and that the Easter Bunny lives in a world surrounded by candy.

Please, please, let your children be children and have the magic of youth. And I am a Christian, by the way, and my children know about Jesus and the Bible.

Nope...Seeing the excitement is so worth it! I love carrying on these traditions, and it fills my heart with so much joy to see the joy and excitement they feel with holidays! Let's face it, holidays are made more special when children are involved, and why is that?

It's the excitement and laughter they possess and share with everyone around them...it's contagious! It's such an innocent and real joy! In our family, we all get together at one of our homes, so that all of the kids are together...we take so many pictures and have so much fun as a family this way!

The kids make for so much conversation, and we all find ourselves laughing and smiling all day long (and for weeks and months later, too, when we recall the experiences all over). SO, no, I don't feel guilty carrying on these tradition whatsoever! :) .

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