A friend of mine and I were just having this conversation the other day. She has a 3 year old daughter and she was telling me that her daughter doesn't believe in Santa Claus because she already told her that he doesn't exist. When I asked her why, she told me that she refuses to lie to her child and that she "works too hard to provide for her, just to let her believe that someone else provided". (She doesn't even WORK and neither does her "baby daddy", so I don't know what she's talking about!!!) But anyway.......I told her that I would allow my kids to believe in him because I don't look at it as lying to a child. I believe that it is just allowing a child to be a child. I believed in Santa and it was all in fun. When I found out that he didn't exist, it was still all good.
All parents have a right to raise their children the way that they see fit, but this particular girl is not allowing her 3 year old to believe in Santa however she feels that it is okay to let this same 3 year old walk around in pampers, drink from bottles (baby bottles, that is
) and suck on pacifiers. I was toooo through one day when she brought the baby to class and the little girl was carrying a purse with about 5 pacifiers in it. She just sat there sucking on pacifiers and when she got tired of one, she put it in her purse, pulled out another one and proceeded to suck on it until she got tired.
.........So my point is, if you are trying to get your child on the right track, start with potty training and drinking from a child's cup. Deal with Santa later, because the stuff that she is allowing to go on seems a whole lot more serious in the scheme of things!!!!!!!
