Is It OK To Lie About Santa And The Tooth Fairy?

Life Kit: Parenting

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Kids & Family

4.6 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Magical thinking is part of childhood, and when it comes to characters like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, parents often play along with elaborate charades. But what should grown-ups do when kids start aging out of the magic and asking tough questions?

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
0:05.4	RWJF is a national philanthropy working toward a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right.
0:12.1	Learn more at RWJF.org.
0:15.5	First, a warning.
0:19.0	Do not.
0:20.1	We repeat.
0:20.7	Do not listen to this episode with your kids in the room.
0:32.8	Where would Santa start?
0:34.9	Northern up in Russia or Europe.
0:37.8	A little bit more on the North Pole.
0:43.0	Hey, Corey.
0:44.1	Hey, Anya.
0:44.7	Do you ever lie to your kids?
0:48.1	Yeah, we're going to go there, huh?
0:49.8	Mm-hmm.
0:50.7	All right.
0:51.6	So my story starts on Christmas Eve, and my wife and I are sitting on our bed with our two sons,
0:56.9	who were eight and five at the time.
0:59.6	And we're doing what lots of families do on Christmas Eve.
1:02.6	We're watching a little cartoon Santa in his sleigh on NORAD's online Santa tracker.
1:08.1	Oh, he's pretty close to us.
1:10.4	Yeah, we're right here.
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