The lies we were told as children
December 9th 2007 00:08
What's with lying to kids? Seriously, apart from insulting their intelligence, you have to undo the lies at some point if they’re to have a hope in Hell of functioning normally in society, so why lie to them if eventually they need to be set straight anyway? I'm talking about Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny but I'm also extending this to other falsities such as if you're pulling a face and the wind changes, your face will be stuck like that or you won't grow if you don't eat your peas/brocolli/carots/ any vegetable under the sun. What's up with wasting your time and ours with these tall tales?
Christmas- that a man squeezes his way down the chimneys of good, Christian children on one night and deposits gifts under their Christmas trees is a phenomenal tale to expect us to believe, why not just give us the presents? I don't care if you find it cute that I've decided to stay up to see Santa but I do question why you've turned a religious holiday into a gift-giving fiasco and morphed St Nicholas's Day (Dec 6) with the (assumed) birth of Jesus Christ. When I grow up I'm going to find out about this anyway so why lie to me? I mean I have to learn that Santa does not park his reindeer on the roof and navigate his way into my house because could you imagine an adult still wholeheartedly believing in Santa? The social stigma would be crippling.
And what's with urban legends to get us to behave and eat our greens? If you can't think of creative ways to get us to eat the healthy stuff in our food or get us to sit quietly, that's your problem. Stealing the story of the boy who was pulling a face as the wind changed is plagiarism- doing your own dirty work!
At this point you might be wondering what my problem is; why am I raging at the fabrications that children have been hearing for years? Well I don't see why elaborate tales need to be made up. Has anyone ever tried reasoning with the minor, explaining the history of an event -in simplified form- rather than wasting time making rubbish up that needs to be denounced anyway? You're wasting time with these U-turns.
Christmas- that a man squeezes his way down the chimneys of good, Christian children on one night and deposits gifts under their Christmas trees is a phenomenal tale to expect us to believe, why not just give us the presents? I don't care if you find it cute that I've decided to stay up to see Santa but I do question why you've turned a religious holiday into a gift-giving fiasco and morphed St Nicholas's Day (Dec 6) with the (assumed) birth of Jesus Christ. When I grow up I'm going to find out about this anyway so why lie to me? I mean I have to learn that Santa does not park his reindeer on the roof and navigate his way into my house because could you imagine an adult still wholeheartedly believing in Santa? The social stigma would be crippling.
And what's with urban legends to get us to behave and eat our greens? If you can't think of creative ways to get us to eat the healthy stuff in our food or get us to sit quietly, that's your problem. Stealing the story of the boy who was pulling a face as the wind changed is plagiarism- doing your own dirty work!
At this point you might be wondering what my problem is; why am I raging at the fabrications that children have been hearing for years? Well I don't see why elaborate tales need to be made up. Has anyone ever tried reasoning with the minor, explaining the history of an event -in simplified form- rather than wasting time making rubbish up that needs to be denounced anyway? You're wasting time with these U-turns.
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Comment by Rose
Comment by Anonymous
Xmas, Easter and Tooth Fairies don't necessarily equate to retail - unless you want it too.
Yep - take the joy and wonderment out of the lives of littlies - why not . . .
Give them the hard cold facts of life from the outset.
Sounds like you've been bitten hard.
By the way - Jesus Christ?
Has anyone told you yet . . .?
Comment by Wynona Lavota
Generation Y Life
I think there are niftly things for the kids to get excited about that exist in reality, I'm not asking that they be taught about taxes or discrimination... just not lied to.
Why thank you Rose, you've brightened my day
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