Is it child abuse to put patently false ideas into a young person's mind?
What about the Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny?
I have friends who don't let Santa in the house because they (the parents) think he's not real. Their kids miss out on a lot of magic.
Maybe this kid's parents don't want him to miss out on any of the president's "magic", so they're willing to smile at the lie.
But I do think that this lie is a leetle beet more harmful than the others we tell our children.
What about the Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny?
I have friends who don't let Santa in the house because they (the parents) think he's not real. Their kids miss out on a lot of magic.
Maybe this kid's parents don't want him to miss out on any of the president's "magic", so they're willing to smile at the lie.
But I do think that this lie is a leetle beet more harmful than the others we tell our children.
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