Do you think it is better to tell children the truth or hide if for their enjoyment/protection?
I have some friends that are going to tell their children (when they are born) that there is no Santa, Harry Potter isn’t real, etc. They are also going to explain to them about death when it first happens, and anything else they ask in a upfront manner.
I know some parents disagree and want their children to believe in the Tooth Fairy, magic, superheros, etc. And let their kids know grandma is just "sleeping" and all that.
Which way do you think is better for children? Why make up all this stuff for them, only to later tell them the truth when they are teens or whatever? I mean sure it’s fun to pretend a magic guy brings presents, but wouldn’t it be equally as nice to just say this is a day where your parents will buy you lots of cool toys?
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I tell my daughter the truth. Through no fault of my own, she thinks santa is real right now, but if she asks me if he’s real, I’m not going to lie to her. She’s 4 right now and we’ve talked about death, periods, babies, and a wide range of subjects. I think she’s better off.
I wouldn’t want them to be my parents, they don’t sound like any fun!
I turned out ok after find out santa and the tooth fairy weren’t real…and I accepted death just fine.
i believe in the truth when they bring things up and ask. but at young age i think there is nothing wrong with pretending.
About death I am honest. We have seen several of our pets sing the choir eternal that it seemed silly to lie. Also I was honest about where his poppy is. But for the rest that is what being a kid is. It’s santa and make believe and yes pretend magic. I get so much enjoyment from my son that I love christmas again. I used to hate it after my Dad died.
When they’re little kids, it’s fun to have some magic in holidays. I plan on the whole Santa routine with my children as well. However, when they start questioning it, I will them the truth. most children know WAY before their teenage years that there is no tooth fairy/ Santa.
That is something some young people without kids say. What do they plan on doing, crushing a kids innocence at the earliest opportunity?
whats wrong with a little magic and make-believe in childhood? my son believes in santa, the easter bunny, the tooth fairy (even though he hasn’t lost any teeth yet) and the boogey man. he also adores batman and iron man. and he also likes freddy krueger and chucky!
i wouldn’t dream of telling my son that there are no such things as "magical things" in the world. he is only a child. kids have wild imaginations and there is nothing wrong with boosting it a bit with tales of santa clause and the tooth fairy. i mean, i know there are parents in the world who don’t think this way, but, when they read their kid a bedtime story about cinderella, or goldy locks and the three bears….that’s make-believe. i am going to enjoy my sons childhood as long as i can, b/c i know one day, he will be too old for this stuff. i love the look on his face in the morning when he wakes up on christmas to see that santa came by and left presents and ate his cookies he made the night before. kids believe in santa just as adults believe in god. there is nothing wrong with it.
as far as death goes, my mother passed away when my son was only 3 years old. he kept asking where gigi was, and i told him she left. thats it. she just left. he wouldnt have understood the meaning of death at that age. now, he knows a little bit more about it, so, if something ever happens again, i will tell him.
I think if you give your child a imagination he will have a lot of success in the future because whoever created google, yahoo, microsoft, walmart, etc had to have had a really good imagination to start multi billion dollar companies. So I think a imagination is a good thing.