Should we really let our kids believe in Santa Claus?
My son is five. It is clear to him that Santa brings the presents. Hello? Who else? He's met him three times already this year, those nice, fat guys with a beard. Once before the pastry shop, he got a packet of biscuits and a candle. Once in front of the shoe store, there were pens, erasers and a toy motorcycle. And yesterday, he stood in front of us again, asked "Naaaaa, you were also pretty good ?? "Joah?" Answered my son, and zack, he had again a bag with chocolate balls and a rubber band in his hand.
The superhero team
Santa Clauses are really cool, my son thinks. Because he's always meeting her there, there are so many kids in the world, he's sure there must be a lot of these cool guys. They live at the North Pole and are the neighbors of Lars the polar bear. If you need help, just call Jay, Cole and Lloyd from the Ninjagos on their cell phones (young parents know what I'm talking about), they can do almost anything. And if it comes up very high, then come Michel, Pippi, Yakari and Bob the builder even along. Together they are a team of superheroes.
Magic logic call this developmental psychologist. It starts when the little ones are about three years old. If they can not yet differentiate between reality and fiction. So everything is real. That the sun goes to sleep in the evening, the Sandman brings the dreams? and Santa Claus the presents. Unless his colleague, the Christ Child, has already brought the colorful packages past quickly.
Lying until the beams break
So it's perfectly alright to tell our children the tale of Santa Claus. She fits in her world. And it is much more exciting than the reality. Going to checkout on Amazon with a full basket is totally boring. Christmas tricks, who have been making presents for months for Santa Claus, sounds ten times better! Since we can think of the most beautiful details. For example, Santa Claus also bought his wrapping paper from IKEA this year, because the gnomes all had such a snout nose that the paper webs were dripping wet ... Believes every kid.
The first doubts come anyway sometime. Mostly in the age group of five- to seven-year-olds. Then the children begin to question how Santa Claus should have fit through the narrow chimney with his thick babble. Or how the reindeer can fly through the sky without wings. Do you have to tell the truth then? Do not we otherwise risk losing the poor child soul forever?
Only the parents are sad
No. It's best to let the children find out for themselves. In the American study, children's reactions to the discovery of the Santa Clause myth? It turned out that the little ones usually react positively when they realize that Santa Claus does not exist. For them, it is a gain in knowledge. They are then among the greats who have revealed the mystery. To a kind of secret club. Only the parents are mostly sad. Because it shows that the magical period of childhood is over now.
So, you parents, lie as long as you still can. It will be over soon!
