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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (53114)	7/16/2002 11:06:08 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

:-) I don't think you understand what kind of families are involved in this at all. I don't know any parents who "couldn't wait to tell their kids santa wasn't real" those parents don't do Santa to begin with- or at least that has been our experience. And we have had friends who do not and never did do the Santa thing. I respect their wishes. We chose a middle path. I am happy to tell my kids about any mythology, I simply will not lie to them and tell them I believe it myself, when I am asked in complete seriousness. It would be dishonest for me to do anything else- as I understand honesty. I am perfectly happy for my daughter to tell me she is a fairy, or a queen, or a talking monkey- but if she seriously AKSED me if I thought she was a fairy, I would say no. I would say she made a beautiful girl pretending to be a beautiful fairy, and that would be the truth. I am happy with that. Of course if we are playing a game and we both know we are playing a game, I'm happy to be a monster, or a giant, or a fairy myself, and I think most parents know the difference between the fun make believe, and the serious questions. I have never been troubled with any ambiguity over these times.