After my oldest came out as a Santa-denier, I told him something along the lines of “Congratulations. I admit that I and every other grown-up were lying to you. From now on I will never deliberately lie to you about anything again. Please keep your insight secret from other kids who aren’t in on the joke yet, so they too can benefit from figuring it out themselves.”
After my oldest came out as a Santa-denier, I told him something along the lines of “Congratulations. I admit that I and every other grown-up were lying to you. From now on I will never deliberately lie to you about anything again. Please keep your insight secret from other kids who aren’t in on the joke yet, so they too can benefit from figuring it out themselves.”