Re: The truth about Santa, Easter Bunny, etc

[Guest guest]

> My dd will be 12 in august still believes in all of the above .

> Should we tell her the truth and how?

>

> She has AS and is very smart.

>

>

My daughter believed, as well, up until the Christmas she was 11

(fantasy and reality can get blurry for her from time to time.)

Finally, after supper on that Christmas Eve, she started talking

about leaving some cookies for Santa, and my husband just blurted

out, " Why don't I just eat them now? " After a short silence, and a

bit of a shocked expression, she finally *got it* and pretended like

she really had known all along. We all laughed, and she's been clear

about Santa and the Easter Bunny ever since.

I am so glad it happened that way, as I just didn't have the heart to

come clean after all those years...

Good Luck~

[Guest guest]

My husband and I were just having this discussion. Our son will be 12 in

January, and we feel that this is the year to have a talk with him - mainly

because we feel he is ready. He has been attending resource room classes with

" typical " peers and this fall he will be in a regular classroom (with supports).

We don't want him to be teased or picked on because he still believes in Santa.

I think it will help that he has a younger sister, so he can still have the fun

of being in on everything with us and help make things special for her for a

couple more years.

I think we'll tell him the way my parents told me -- that Santa is the spirit of

Christmas, and he lives on in each of us. In our son's case, he might like it if

we " study " about St. - hmmm... that could work too (thinking out loud).

Take care,

Sandi

Philadelphia, PA

[Guest guest]

My husband and I were just having this discussion. Our son will be 12 in

January, and we feel that this is the year to have a talk with him - mainly

because we feel he is ready. He has been attending resource room classes with

" typical " peers and this fall he will be in a regular classroom (with supports).

We don't want him to be teased or picked on because he still believes in Santa.

I think it will help that he has a younger sister, so he can still have the fun

of being in on everything with us and help make things special for her for a

couple more years.

I think we'll tell him the way my parents told me -- that Santa is the spirit of

Christmas, and he lives on in each of us. In our son's case, he might like it if

we " study " about St. - hmmm... that could work too (thinking out loud).

Take care,

Sandi

Philadelphia, PA