(September 7, 2015 at 9:34 pm)Losty Wrote: I had to deal with that about god so I added Santa in. I told my kids that some people like to think their fairytales are real and it's better to let them believe so we don't hurt their feelings.
I've often thought that the whole Santa thing actually helps demonstrate to children how people believe in fairy tales. If they know that Santa Claus isn't real but they see their peers believing in it then they will have a very useful lesson from very early on in life about how easily people are fooled.
This doesn't just apply to God as well, but also financial bubbles and political propaganda.
Although it's one thing seeing how easily other people are fooled, it's another thing to realise how easy it is to want to fool yourself. So an alternative would be to just leave them presents but not tell them how they got there and let them figure it out for themselves. And when they come running down saying it's Santa ask them how it's possible.
This is probably why I don't have children.
