It’s okay to believe in Santa Claus

It’s okay to believe in Santa Claus. It’s also okay if you don’t.Your family has beliefs. My family has beliefs, They might not match. In fact, it’s more likely that they don’t.And that’s okay.What happens when a child comes home and tells their parent that they heard Santa isn’t real, when that’s something their family believes in and celebrates? Does the parent tell them the other child is wrong? That their own personal beliefs are any more worthy of existing than the other family’s?Or engage in an opportunity to help the child understand that their are many different beliefs in the world? That despite what the other believes, we can get along. We can accept difference of belief as we accept all our differences are what makes the world an interesting and wondrous world to be a part of.Segregation because of different belief systems just doesn’t seem right to me. It seems far more productive to focus on what values and lessons you instill in your own child, instead of trying to control the uncontrollable element - what other people in the world will say and do.Do we teach our children to cohabitate despite difference, learn to think critically for themselves, and stay true to their own beliefs? Or do we ask others to pretend to believe in our beliefs and deny their own to further our own interests?What do we do? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2qu0DJG