Well, tonight we lost a little chunk of childhood in our house. After going to sit on Santa's lap at Cooleykatz and getting dinner, my 7 year old said "James said at school today that when the Tooth Fairy gives you money at night, it's really just your mom and dad". I tried bluffing. "Oh really? I wonder why he would say that". But he persisted. "Is that true, Mom? Is it really you that puts money under my pillow?" So I took a page from Laurie's playbook. "E, I'll always tell you the truth. But sometimes it's fun not to have all the answers to your questions. If you really want to know, though, I'll tell you." He actually considered this information for awhile. But finally, yes. He did want to know the truth. So I told him, along with a little speech about not ruining fun things for his little brother and other kids who still want to believe in magical things.
And now, I have to wonder. Being the season of holiday cheer and all -- how long will it be before he questions other magical things that are lurking about?
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and they are lurking mightily right now aren't they?...awww...why can't kids just get to have the fun and magic of it all? Interesting how absolutely insistent some parents are on not "lying" to their kids and then they kind of remove everything magical, it seems. (And then those kids, of course, are duty-bound to educate their classmates, etc.) I mean, do you only read them non-fiction? Biographies? Where do you draw the line?
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