(September 7, 2015 at 9:38 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:(September 7, 2015 at 9:19 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: My siblings and I were all taught about Santa, and the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy lol. I don't think it's "wrong" or anything, but I definitely don't plan on teaching my kids. I don't want them to get disappointed or upset with me for "lying" to them when they find out the truth lol.
You do not need the quotation marks around the word "lying." Unless you believed in Santa yourself, telling your children that Santa is real fits the standard definition of the word perfectly.
See:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini.../lie#lie-2
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...ll#lying-2
It might be that you are so used to people lying about this that you feel like it must be something other than lying. It isn't.
It's a fairy tale for kids, to make it more fun for them. While I don't plan on doing it with my kids, I understand that it's all in the spirit of the magic of childhood, and thus harmless. So I'm not going to accuse these good parents of lying.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
