Comments on: Kids, This May Sound Creepy, But You’re Being Watched. http://mommytopia.com/2009/11/21/kids-this-may-sound-creepy-but-youre-being-watched/ Tales of a writer navigating the establishment better known as motherhood Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Lisa http://mommytopia.com/2009/11/21/kids-this-may-sound-creepy-but-youre-being-watched/comment-page-1/#comment-7263 Lisa Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:25:03 +0000 http://mommytopia.com/?p=2573#comment-7263 Don't tell her!!! My daughter is nine and all of her friends don't believe in Santa Claus. My response: "Well hunny, you don't have to believe in Santa Claus. I know a lot of your friends don't. And you know what, those friends that don't believe have lost Santa. Their parents now have to pretend to be Santa and leave presents under the tree because the real Santa is lost to them forever. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE TO RECEIVE!". And, it has worked. She told me wholeheartedly that she believes in Santa and she feels sorry for her friends who have lost Santa. A couple of days ago she wrote out her list and put it in the mail. I do feel guilty about lying, but it is such innocence to believe in Santa and I can't stand the thought of her losing her innocence. She has a whole adulthood of shattered dreams awaiting her (as do/did we all); I see no reason to start it at 9 years old. I will keep Santa alive as long as I can. Don’t tell her!!! My daughter is nine and all of her friends don’t believe in Santa Claus. My response: “Well hunny, you don’t have to believe in Santa Claus. I know a lot of your friends don’t. And you know what, those friends that don’t believe have lost Santa. Their parents now have to pretend to be Santa and leave presents under the tree because the real Santa is lost to them forever. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE TO RECEIVE!”. And, it has worked. She told me wholeheartedly that she believes in Santa and she feels sorry for her friends who have lost Santa. A couple of days ago she wrote out her list and put it in the mail.

I do feel guilty about lying, but it is such innocence to believe in Santa and I can’t stand the thought of her losing her innocence. She has a whole adulthood of shattered dreams awaiting her (as do/did we all); I see no reason to start it at 9 years old. I will keep Santa alive as long as I can.

]]> By: admin http://mommytopia.com/2009/11/21/kids-this-may-sound-creepy-but-youre-being-watched/comment-page-1/#comment-7206 admin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:51:09 +0000 http://mommytopia.com/?p=2573#comment-7206 Yes, but my kids have to contend with me as their mother. They must be fearless. Yes, but my kids have to contend with me as their mother. They must be fearless.

]]> By: jessicaRo http://mommytopia.com/2009/11/21/kids-this-may-sound-creepy-but-youre-being-watched/comment-page-1/#comment-7204 jessicaRo Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:55:03 +0000 http://mommytopia.com/?p=2573#comment-7204 Wendie...if I was your child I would cry at the sight of this doll. And the fact that you have to move it each night? Even creepier. Did I mention I have an irrational fear of gnomes...lol... Wendie…if I was your child I would cry at the sight of this doll. And the fact that you have to move it each night? Even creepier. Did I mention I have an irrational fear of gnomes…lol…

]]> By: Vicky http://mommytopia.com/2009/11/21/kids-this-may-sound-creepy-but-youre-being-watched/comment-page-1/#comment-7198 Vicky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:58:39 +0000 http://mommytopia.com/?p=2573#comment-7198 Oh man, I'm 16, and if my mom EVER activates the GPS on my blackberry I'd probably shoot myself. Lol. Oh man, I’m 16, and if my mom EVER activates the GPS on my blackberry I’d probably shoot myself. Lol.

]]> By: daniwho http://mommytopia.com/2009/11/21/kids-this-may-sound-creepy-but-youre-being-watched/comment-page-1/#comment-7197 daniwho Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:05:33 +0000 http://mommytopia.com/?p=2573#comment-7197 I'm with Aspie on this one. Probably because I'm raising my own spectrum kid. We just don't do Santa. We'd literally have to train it into him and then fade it out when it's age appropriate that he not believe. That's way too much work for me. Plus spectrum kids do not appreciate being lied to---and that's how they see it. So I just told him it's a fun pretend game a lot of people play, Don't ruin it for the others, etc... I saw the elf on the shelf in stores a few months ago. (The marketing for Christmas starts in the summer in my area of the US.) Maybe I'm just old, crusty and jaded but I thought "another thing to get people's money." Yes, I need to increase my happy pill dosage. I do think it's cute that V is ALL about it. It seems to me she just really wants life to be more magical. That's kinda cool. This is the first time I've seen DD be less fantasy oriented than V. I thought he just followed her lead. It's cool to see him come into his own. I’m with Aspie on this one. Probably because I’m raising my own spectrum kid. We just don’t do Santa. We’d literally have to train it into him and then fade it out when it’s age appropriate that he not believe. That’s way too much work for me. Plus spectrum kids do not appreciate being lied to—and that’s how they see it. So I just told him it’s a fun pretend game a lot of people play, Don’t ruin it for the others, etc…

I saw the elf on the shelf in stores a few months ago. (The marketing for Christmas starts in the summer in my area of the US.) Maybe I’m just old, crusty and jaded but I thought “another thing to get people’s money.” Yes, I need to increase my happy pill dosage.

I do think it’s cute that V is ALL about it. It seems to me she just really wants life to be more magical. That’s kinda cool. This is the first time I’ve seen DD be less fantasy oriented than V. I thought he just followed her lead. It’s cool to see him come into his own.

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