For the sake of adding one additional data point to the discussion: my parents told me Santa Claus didn’t exist. I don’t remember being harmed by that knowledge.
But this is one of the things that’s hard to say without either having children of having studied their psychology (and I have done neither). But personally I’d choose to tell them the truth.
For the sake of adding one additional data point to the discussion: my parents told me Santa Claus didn’t exist. I don’t remember being harmed by that knowledge.
But this is one of the things that’s hard to say without either having children of having studied their psychology (and I have done neither). But personally I’d choose to tell them the truth.
How would you phrase that truth to a 2-year old?