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- From: UC445585@mizzou1.missouri.edu (John M. Kelsey)
- Subject: Re: Lying to children
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- References: <glen.725726061@cs.wisc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 02:14:00 CST
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- In article <glen.725726061@cs.wisc.edu>
- glen@slate.cs.wisc.edu (Glen Ecklund) writes:
-
- >
- >
- >I remember, as a youth, being told that if you tell one lie, you will probably
- >find yourself telling more lies to cover up the first one.
- >I am reminded of that when I read about parents who have to come up with
- >new Santa Claus stories to cover up for problems with the initial Santa Claus
- >lie.
- >
- >It's kind of odd having strangers push their stories about Santa on my son,
- >but at least I have the truth on my side. I would be more uncomfortable if
- >all I had was a conflicting lie.
- >
- >It seems to me that telling lies undermines any attempt to encourage children
- >to be truthful, and would violate my .signature file.
- >Glen Ecklund glen@cs.wisc.edu (608) 262-1318 Office, 262-1204 Dept. Sec'y
- Actually, I've always thought that telling kids about Santa Claus gives
- them a valuable, certain-to-be-repeated experience--that of realizing that
- something they've believed and been told all their lives, and which seems
- to be accepted by everyone all around, is actually false.
-
- [Only half in jest...]
-
- --John Kelsey
-