I hate santa claus

[Giddry]

http://www.stormfax.com/virginia.htm

 

There are certain unalienable rights for children. One is that they should believe in Santa for as long as possible.

 

Just my opinion.

[W33nie]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vPaGQEskSKM

 

another reason to hate him

[misterhinkydink]

http://www.stormfax.com/virginia.htm There are certain unalienable rights for children. One is that they should believe in Santa for as long as possible. Just my opinion.

 

I second your opinion. :thu:

[ec437]

I don't know if I ever bought it, cause I don't remember ever buying it. But the family videos say differently.

 

In any case, however, I think I should sleep now because I have gift opening in the morning, and then my 10 mile holiday run before breakfast.

 

ec out.

[Goofball Jones]

You definitely don't have to agree with me. Most don't. Enough respected child development specialists do that I know I'm not out of my mind. Sean and I have lots of fun with 'magic and wonder' in reading, coloring pictures, playing with toys and telling stories. For me it is more important for Sean to learn lessons about trust and respect than Santa. Believe me, there was no shortage of excitement at our house this Christmas (we celebrated yesterday).

I was just giving you a hard time Kindness :poke:. For sure, raise your child the way YOU think is right. Don't let some bonehead like me criticizes anything you do as anyone with kids can tell you, there're no exact ways of doing this stuff.

But as you probably know, your plans can be thrown right out the window as they get older. We had set plans also about raising our son, but he had other ideas . Our plan of NEVER spanking our child worked out pretty good though...even though both our parents said it would never work (my wife and I both were raised in spanking households). But he's 14 now and a great kid...and he's never once been spanked. BUT, we have told him "white lies" from time to time when he was younger....including Santa Claus.

I was pretty impressed though when he was like 11 of him using some critical thinking in contemplating how impossible it would be for one person to deliver presents to everyone in the world in one night and how he came to the conclusion that it was just us doing it and not "Santa".

[Bassin' 'Round]

Wonderful! Nothing like telling your kids like it is! Don't bring any magic or wonder into their lives. Just present them with the realities of the world. In fact, don't give them presents or even celibrate Christmas because we all know it's just a sham and so commercial. Just throw the kid a carton of cigarettes and say "Smoke up Johnny!" Because we all know how screwed up everyone is because THEY were led to believe there was a Santa Claus. /sarcasm off

...pretty well said...

[Bassin' 'Round]

http://www.stormfax.com/virginia.htm There are certain unalienable rights for children. One is that they should believe in Santa for as long as possible. Just my opinion.

...no, not opinion...this is fact...

[NeonVomit]

My sister and I always sort of knew, but we played along because it was fun and it was in the spirit of things. We sort of gradually figured it out by the time I was 8 and she was 10.

[toolbar]

After a couple of hours sleep, it was pretty cool to see the kids all excited about santa coming in the night. I keep saying 'there ain't no santa' and they keep on ignoring me. I think next year as the 11 yo enters Jr. High, his more savy peers will enlighten him. When he asks, I'll tell him 'haven't i always said there ain't no santa claus.' I think this'll disclose it for the 8 yo too.

What is so amazing is we don't hide the presents. They're just in the shopping bags by the bed in my bed room. The kids don't bother to ask.

Enjoyed your responses.

Oh, I think I was about 11. I had suspicions - I had older brothers - but I knew for sure when I discovered the stash.

Merry Christmas!

[Kindness]

I was just giving you a hard time Kindness :poke:. For sure, raise your child the way YOU think is right. Don't let some bonehead like me criticizes anything you do as anyone with kids can tell you, there're no exact ways of doing this stuff. But as you probably know, your plans can be thrown right out the window as they get older. We had set plans also about raising our son, but he had other ideas . Our plan of NEVER spanking our child worked out pretty good though...even though both our parents said it would never work (my wife and I both were raised in spanking households). But he's 14 now and a great kid...and he's never once been spanked. BUT, we have told him "white lies" from time to time when he was younger....including Santa Claus. I was pretty impressed though when he was like 11 of him using some critical thinking in contemplating how impossible it would be for one person to deliver presents to everyone in the world in one night and how he came to the conclusion that it was just us doing it and not "Santa".

You're a bonehead and a goofball? that's a tough lot.

I took no offense at your criticism or anyone else's. It's all valid. There are pros and cons in every approach and some people have some very strong feelings one way or the other.

I like the idea of raising a kid without spanking. That has been my official plan and easy to implement since I haven't run into a situation in which it would help. The more I think about it, I can't imagine a situation in which it would. My son is smarter than I was (I think, my mom says othewrwise) and punishment like that always appeared to me as a lack of communication skills by my parents. As a result, the few times I was hit I didn't respond well, I just thought my parents weren't very smart. In retrospect, I think I was right.