Little white lies OK for kids or not?

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: One word: Santa After telling that whopper... how can any of us expect honest children?

Wait. What are you talking about?

rebelgtp wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: One word: Santa After telling that whopper... how can any of us expect honest children?

Wait. What are you talking about?

He's telling us not to kids about Santa as if he were real - lying to them - and then later telling them not to lie.

My kids know Santa is a "fun, pretend part of Christmas".

Wait, So I can quit setting the tripwire activated shotgun in front of the chimney every axemas?

I wish I could take more credit for her awesomeness, but I really hit the lottery with her.

The kid in question is a boy, and both a friend and a competitor for the position of valedictorian in the class.

If you want her to be really successful, you should tell her to agree to do this and then sabotage him.

As for white lies we tell kids like Santa, look up Wittgenstein's ladder.

Brett_Murphy wrote: As for white lies we tell kids like Santa, look up Wittgenstein's ladder.

Are you saying Santa is just a way to teach children thru a simplified experience that the gods of man aren't real by giving them an example of where, with maturity, they come to understand how preposterous it is that a magic man makes wishes come true but only if they are good?

Santa, Easter bunny, Jesus....

Anyway, Pinchy: I'm glad there are dudes like you on this board who have the balls to talk about stuff like this.

I don't have a 14 year old, but I was 14 once. If this is the worst thing she ever does, then holy E36 M3 are you a lucky guy.

Not sure how I'd handle it, but I don't think it's anything to make a huge deal about. As others have said, sounds like she's gonna do well in "real life."

And as a devout capitalist, I'm really tempted to agree with Rotard; only problem I see is she's not getting paid (far as we know.)

Sounds like you've done a great job raising her thus far. Congrats!