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Originally Posted by the_marq
The trouble arises when the child reaches the age of reason, usually 7-10 years old, and we pull the rug out from under them, "Hey sorry kid, the whole Santa thing was total bullshit. But that God fellow? Oh yeah, that part is rock solid."
WTF is a kid to think? Mommy and Daddy flat out lied about the whole Santa thing and yet they still expect me to belive in God.
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i dunno...i think it's a pretty hard step to say that parents shouldn't engage in fantasy play with their kids...it's one of the most awesome parts of being around kids, that they have a completely different sense of what is possible and what is not.
give them a little credit, tho. adults can be serious about something...and kids will pick up on it. one of the big problems i deal with in my work in childcare is separation anxiety. doesn't help at all that i'm a man, and they miss mommy, the concept of mommy...and all that goes with it.
when we say that "mommy ALWAYS comes back" they know they we're serious about it. when we're talk about barney...i think they get it that it's on a different level. if adults are serious about their faith commitments, then the kids are going to see that...and see the mercy lived out in their parents lives. nobody is going to have to tell them it's different than santa.