(November 8, 2010 at 4:39 pm)Diamond Wrote: There couldn't have been a better time for me to find a thread like this! I mean, geez! Parents overreact waaaay too much!
But seriously, my best friend and I were just arguing about whether or not it is a good idea to tell kids there's no Santa Claus (or other mythical creatures). I thought about starting a poll about that. Should I?
I had a huge nasty mud slinging filled debate with Kyuu over parents overreacting to a current primary school teacher having once upon a time worked as a prostitute.
Way I saw it, is that parents overreact to the most ridiculous things.
Statistically speaking, children are more likely to be hit by a bus or be kidnapped by someone who knows the family/is in the family than hurt by a "stranger", yet we still see the "Don't Talk to Strangers" mantra being repeated.
I really doubt a child's faith in Santa Claus will be damaged by one commercial, or else there'd be millions of atheists nowadays after an enterprising chap runs a "There is no Jesus" commercial (good bye childish faith).
