(June 25, 2013 at 11:12 am)BadWriterSparty Wrote: This is a good argument for the good that can come from perpetuating the Santa myth. My only question to you would be why should we use this as a template? Why can't we encourage imagination and freethinking and not hinge on the hope that maybe they'll look back on this part of their childhood with a smile? Statistically there's that 38% that will not be happy about being lied to.
I'm not mad about parents doing this though. My in-laws are doing this with their son, even though they are atheists. They're using the Santa myth as a tool for their son to learn critical thinking early on, and they hope that he'll be proud of himself once he figures out the truth.
Personally, I just don't want to take the gamble.
*shrugs* I could go either way. I didn't know at the time that 38% of kids harbored negative results from it.
Too late now for me and mine.
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