Yes! My children believe in fairy tales!
My daughter wants to be a princess when she grows up. My son wants to be a knight. But you have made me rethink how unhappy they will be to think I have lied to them by omission.
So I shall go now and tell my daughter she will never be a princess. That princesses are really mainly rich neurotic women born into lives of philanthropic tokenism which occupies certain families of known geneaology, who are funded by the generosity of more progressive forms of government, as living cultural history icons.
I shall tell my son that knights no longer exist and thank God not, because they were merely defenders of the prerogatives of feudal despots.
I shall throw away my own well-worn copy of "Pretty Woman" because we must all recognize that most hookers don't marry Richard Gere, they die toothless and HIV positive with a needle stuck in a bulging vein. I shall tell this to my 7 yr old daughter so she can enjoy the movie without indulging in damaging fantasies..
Next Christmas we shall spend the day watching "Schindler's List" so the kids can be exposed to reality, not fantasy.
I shall tell them that I lied about Santa because I am a liar. I was misguidedly trying to make Christmas fun for them like my parents made it for me and their parents made it for them. But a lie is a lie. Times are different now and we can all take instruction in our erroneous parenting techniques by astute internet commentators.
Oh, and since we are being honest from now on...No...they aren't the smartest, cutest, or best behaved kids in the world, either.
I shall tell them there are no miracles. If you are injured or sick someday and a doctor gives you a 5% chance of surviving, you'll most likely die. No use being unrealistic, is there?
Thanks so much for showing me the error of my ways. I'm sure our kids will be much healthier and trusting now, in their outlook on life.
Now, you did promise to butt out. Right?
YOWZER.............LOL. You go, girl!
LMAO! Don't forget to tell them the tooth fairy is a fraud and how can we forget the Easter Bunny?!?! Let's see, how else can we suck the fun out of childhood? Oh yeah, Sparky the family dog, that we told you went to someone's farm to play forever, is really dead, and animals don't go to heaven, so just forget about seeing him ever again...
My kids are in therapy because of all those lies we perpetuated. The Dr. that's treating them says they are scarred for life and probably will never have any children of their own now. If ONLY I could go back and change everything! There would be no Santa, no Easter Bunny, no fairy tales, no "My Little Pony's", Star Wars, no Dr. Suess.
My kids walk around with a vacant stare, their psyche warped and fragile.....all because we were EVIL parents that thought imagination and pretending were a precious, beautiful part of childhood. Oy vey!
:)
btw, hug your little princess and prince for me!
I was not rude to you, there is no call for you to be rude to me.
I did not believe fairy tales were real when I was a child, but I enjoyed them nonetheless. I had REAL dreams as a child. I did not see myself as a princess, but I liked reading about fictional ones.
I have no way of knowing that other people actually want their children to believe things that are not true. It isn't much wonder that people continue to believe convenient lies when they are adults. You've helped me to understand the world a little better (though appreciate it less), and I thank you for that.
Also, I am not questioning the way you raise your children.
I am questioning your arguments and justifications on this thread.