Writer's Block: Million Dollar Smile

[aliki]

[Error: unknown template qotd]My parents didn't believe in teaching us such things, so we didn't have Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairies, or even any Buddhist gods or anything like that. 

We learned early on that our parents worked hard to provide for us, that when they did get us gifts, they did so because they loved us. We never expected gifts and when we did receive them, it was only because we truly deserved it. 

Some people said they ruined a child's imagination...  but I think it made me love my parents so much more for all the contributions and sacrifices they made for me growing up. 

Oh, and I love this Calvin & Hobbes strip:

Comments

[countessof-roth.livejournal.com]

My mother was shocked when I said we're not doing santa. Or the tooth fairy.

No offense to ANYONE who does it, but to me , its lying to a kid, and once they figure that out... its not that "the magic dies" its that you loose credibility.

I think what' we'll do when Roland looses his first tooth, is take him out for ice cream kind of a "hey ! milestone! you're growing up" sort of thing.

[countessof-roth.livejournal.com]

And i just realized I put loose instead of lose. GAH.

[filmstar.livejournal.com]

its not that "the magic dies" its that you loose credibility.

This statement makes total sense, and yet, I grew up with parents who did the whole tooth fairy/easter bunny/santa claus schtick, and I don't remember ever feeling that way about them. So.... hm.

[countessof-roth.livejournal.com]

Oh , see for me, it was "if they're lying about this, WHAT ELSE ARE THEY LYING ABOUT"

[aliki.livejournal.com]

Me too. I hate the idea of lying to kids for no reason other than parent think it's somehow great to live in an imaginary world? What exactly do these Santa/tooth fairy/Easter bunny do? Keep kids in line because they're afraid to be bad? Because they want a reward for being good? What happened to inherent morals and values?