Teaching your kids to believe in Santa and the psychological implications

God is Santa Claus for adults.

SATAN Santa spies on kids 24/7.

OP you should be teaching your kids about Jesus not Santa.

Unless the child is kind of slow emotionally because of worry warts of parents who believe fairly tales and the tooth fairy is going to cause trauma. Most people grew up and part of their lives believed in something they could not see, some thing magical that was good, like a tooth fairy who puts money under a pillow for a tooth that came out.

Never hurt me and thing is, I was a bad kid, I just was not much into thinking there was on, I like my parent believe I did, I also told my cousin there was no Santa and she cried, then my uncle told me, well you do not believe in Santa, so no toy for you, he may bring you one if you tell you cousin you were picking at her and there is one. So, knowing which side was best for me, I told my cousin there was really a Santa. Some times it was St. Nick. See it better that a child does believe in what he can not see, but sees the evidence anyway. Just as The Lord God is not evident to all the time does not stop you from seeing his hand at work.

We are not teaching our 2 yearold about Santa. Here is why
1. It violates the imagination. Children will spend years imagining and believing in something fake. The imagination is a powerful tool and needs to be respected in the youngest of children. When they become bigger the imagination will help with problem solving.
2. Nothing good will come from leading your child to believe in something fake with his or her full heart only to crush them later.
3. Santa was stolen and made famous by Coke and Macy's
4. Children will have more respect for what is given if they know it came from someone they love vs someone they have never seen or known.

Santa is God for pre-mature adults

You dumb shits, a lot of you, don't realize they have you worshipping a Lucifer.
Comes down on a ship of 12 reinderrs, crashes into your fireplace, drinks your milk, leaves coke, the dogs don't attack that fat slob.
Its all anti everything broskits

Who actually has that belief "shattered like glass" at some point? Either the kid will find out or a sense of logic will kick in somewhere around 7-12 years old. Not a big deal.

It was a good thing in our household.

Fun when the kids were small.

When they figured santa out we told them if you didn't believe, he won't leave you a present.

Kinda the funny white elephant in the room.

Raised the kids in small town church. Social skills and morality check. Seemed to have worked.

Both taught them how to believe in something. An important skill.

You can bust the religion thing in their late teens early twenties. My son kinda had the religion thing figured out. I told him it is all a step.

If you explain it right it shifts them to a more level head for life's direction.

Now they have to do it for their kids and my son ask me almost this very question. It helped to explain my kid raising strategy.

I explained it as life is a game, illusions, and educate yourself on the puppet master. Don't be played.

My kids are normal with good jobs and good families. They saw many heartaches along the way. It's how you teach them to deal with life is more important than believing in santa.

So don't make a big deal, roll with the season, Gratitude is my word :]

So that's my parenting experience for the Santa Jesus season....

Why so serious? There isn't anything painful about Santa for kids....it's just nonsense to think otherwise...think of your own experience.....