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Originally Posted by Sliver
I appreciate your psychoanalysis of my motivations, but one kid saying Santa isn't real to a class of 28 other kids who believe he is doesn't exactly 'out' Santa. It's not about me not wanting my kid to grow up - naivety has its perks and I don't want to be unnecessarily hasty in taking away some of the wonder of innocence.
My kids are so excited about Santa coming in a couple of weeks. They talk to the elf on the shelf every morning. Why on God's green earth would I want to take that away from them 20 days before Christmas? Just because some other kid's parents aren't good at keeping an age-old Christmas secret? If it becomes a bullying problem for my kid (lol), I'll adjust my approach. I think for now I'll stick with the majority of parents and let my 7-year-old believe in Old Saint Nick for at least this Christmas.
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Here here! My daughter is 10 and still believes... I'm thinking it is the last year she will unfortunately ... Believing in Santa is an amazing thing for a kid - everyone should be so lucky as to have something so great and fun to believe in - it's a shame everyone can't...