Stefien Quix
Mouseketeer
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- Jan 16, 2018
This is a frequent question from my DD, and I'm not sure how I want to answer it. In situations where I want to reduce the anxiety of a situation (like a haunted house) I'll usually explain how it's not real. But in situations where she's seeing say, Princess Ariel and asks me, "Is it really her?" I'm not sure what I want to say. DW suggests flipping the question back on her with "What do you think?" and letting her decide.
On the one hand, I don't want to destroy the magic, but on the other, I have real issues lying to her. For example, when we go visit Santa Claus, he's one of Santa's helpers, not the real Santa. This also helps with some of the, shall we say, sloppily disguised Santa Claus's.
How do you all handle this or similar questions?
On the one hand, I don't want to destroy the magic, but on the other, I have real issues lying to her. For example, when we go visit Santa Claus, he's one of Santa's helpers, not the real Santa. This also helps with some of the, shall we say, sloppily disguised Santa Claus's.
How do you all handle this or similar questions?