If he is lied to about Santa and Easter bunny? What will he learn that lying is okay ?
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kisii talibanic madrase meN daakhila dilaa kar! 
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That’s not right also, lets say if we don’t want our children to lie than we shouldn’t be lying.l let me change topic.
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Going by that logic, don’t we lie to our kids about where they came from?
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kuchh bhii kar DaaleN magar hotaa vohii hai jo manzoor-e-Khudaa hotaa hai…wali ke ghar shaitaan aur shaitaan ke ghar meN wali hamesha paidaa hote rahe haiN, hote haiN aur hamesha paidaa hote raheNge.
hameN chaahiye k ham bachchoN ko bahtareen tarbiyat deN uske ba’d Allah Allah Khair salla. aap aur ham apnii zimmedaariyaan poorii kar deN yehii hamaarii fareeza hai…bas!
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Dear it’s not a lie that GOD send the children and mommy is in hospital getting it.
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I’m pretty sure we’ve all been lied to by our parents
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so you don’t tell your kid any made up stuff? no stories no jokes? 
mine was told today morning that snow is left over cake frosting so that she’d try to catch some in her mouth. shes gonna be the world’s biggest liar soon. 
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Exactly…you’ve never sang your kid a lori about “Chanda Mama” or read them a fairy tale or played a game with them or used a “budda baba aajaiga” type of scare tactic?
c’mon UZ, itni be strict/hardline mat banno…Jin bachon ko Santa/Easter bunny/tooth fairy ka khel bathaiya jaatha hai bachpan main wo automatically padaishi jhootay tho nahin kahayjaa sak that hain 
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Common guys why you take everything on me, we’ll I like to spice things up a bit. But to be honest there is a difference between talking to children about religion and fantasy stories.
It’s true. I read a lot of fiction as a child and now all I do is lie, lie, lie!
I don’t even know if what I am saying now is the truth…
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Awww Uz!!! You know we love you!!! But seriously, I don’t think fairy tales or stories are setting children up for failure or are a detriment to their moral well being.
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are you saying you are lying in the original post?
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Queer you are not getting the point,and khatti you too, look there is a difference between telling stories from your imagination and telling your kids that’s your religion. Why I arise this question because two or three days back this girl was crying a lot, I asked her what happened , she told me my elder sister told me that Santa is not real. My mom says she is real, now my question was not my point of view is lying about your religion bad thing? Number two queer you ,me and khatti are not Christians so we already think that Santa is not real, and our kids have fun in Christmas either way. But think of it as you were in place of that child who is told from childhood we believe in Jesus and every Sunday we go to church and we pray to him , and his birthday is on 25 th December, now everything is truth for Christian religion accept when kids grow up they come to know that Santa doesn’t come from chimney.
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But still that doesn’t mean these are my views, 
I just saw the child crying really bad and I felt sad.
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I respectfully disagree with you UZ. Santa Clause is not a tenant of Christianity. I am born and raised in the heart of the Bible Belt, and I have never seen or heard any if my Christian friends use Santa as a religious figure/teaching. The tradition/story of Santa is purely a mythical fairly tale used to teach children about acts of kindness and good deeds. Santa is a commercial endeavor, and has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus. I don’t know of a single friend or acquaintance who as an adult is suffering from post traumatic stress or is a pathological liar because as a 6 year old child they believed Santa came down their chimney and put presents under the tree.
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Nice to hear that, and again it’s a long term thing, children will not be a liar in a day and this will not effect them in a minute. May be you are right when they are six or seven they know its a fiction.
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This was actually something I thought about with my son. When i was little, I knew early on that Santa wasn’t real, because I had an older know-it-all brother who made sure I knew he considered me a complete dork to EVER have believed in Santa (like he did the year before, ahem…) (“You are SUCH a BABY!”)
With my son, our tradition was that Santa filled the stockings, but all other presents were given by real people. Since he doesn’t have know-it-all siblings, he began hearing the rumours at school, but didn’t know what to believe. So he began probing me with remarks and questions. I was mysterious and would turn it back on him, “Well, so how did the stockings get stuffed?” and “But what about the cookies that got eaten?”, etc. Neither lying nor confirming. However, when it seemed that he was onto “Santa”, I simply changed tactic and suddenly said, “You’re right. It was me.” And he was stunned. “Really?” I was surprised that he was stunned, because he was quite a bit older than I was when I figured it out, and he seemed quite sure, but I guess he wasn’t.
And he said, “You lied!”, but not because he was hurt that I had lied (although that was the only thing I ever lied to him about), but it was more like “Ha! I CAUGHT you!”
His dad explained that Santa was a metaphor for generosity and goodness and surprises. And it was all ok. It is a rite of passage, when you finally figure it out. Kids don’t hold it against you.
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I agree with Khatti on this. I grew up in the western world.
Honestly, in my opinion, the belief of Santa has less to do with religion, and more to do with the parents wanting their kiddos to be good all year so they’re rewarded at the of the year with what they asked for.
I don’t think it’s lying. Just bribery with out making yourself the good/ bad guy. 
I used to believe in Santa when I was a young’n. But the Easter bunny was just creepy.
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Agree and disagree. To those who think santa is a “commercial endeavour”, sorry this is wrong. Santa claus comes from saint nicholas who was known for his association with children and for secretly giving gifts to people. The fat guy in red with a huge beard, is however, the commercial appearance he has been given. Although I do agree that santa is far from a religious figure, but more of a way for parents to reward their kids, as MM stated above.