Today, my 8-year-old came home from school crying. Apparently her teacher told the whole class to write about how they felt when they learned that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy weren't real. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my daughter told my son that Santa is not real. Of course, being a child, he started to cry. My only problem is, my son is 11 and my daughter is 6. FML
Today, my little sister came home crying because someone had shown her a video about the Slender Man. Trying to calm her down, I explained to her that he wasn't real, just like Santa Claus. She looked up at me and said "Santa's not real?" It's been 3 hours, and she hasn't stopped crying. FML
Today, my 8-year-old daughter was throwing a tantrum, and I said "Keep this up and I'll tell Santa to take your presents back." She told me I don't even know Santa, at which point I accidentally blurted that I'm "Santa". FML
Today, my 16 year-old son had a tantrum over me asking him to clean up his room, and decided to tell my 6 year-old daughter that Santa isn't real, and that it was me who bought her presents. My daughter is inconsolable. FML
Today, I was at lunch with my mom and we were talking about how to tell my brother that Santa Claus isn't real. After we finished our conversation, I heard someone crying. Little did I know, two little kids and their parents were sitting in the booth behind me. FML
Today, my fifteen year-old son decided to tell his little five year-old sister that Santa isn't real. She now refuses to talk to any of us and thinks "her whole life is a lie". FML
Today, I took my kids to the mall to see Santa. While waiting in line, my eldest got bored and loudly complained, "I don't know why we're here. Santa's not even real." I don't think any of the kids within a hundred feet took the news very well. FML
Today, on the bus, when I was asking my 6-year-old son what he wanted for Christmas, a stranger came up to us and yelled at him about how Santa Claus is not real, that his "parents are fucking liars" and that he should "never listen to anything one of those fuckers says." FML
Today, I brought my 6-year-old to the mall to sit on Santa's lap. She told him what she wanted and smiled for the picture. When the lady told her that her turn was over, she began throwing a fit, pulling off Santa's beard in the process. This caused all the kids in line to begin sobbing. FML
Today, my older sister forced me to tell my nephews, 8 and 6, that Santa Claus does not exist, because she was recently fired from her job and is too much of a coward to tell them she will no longer give them any Christmas gifts for the foreseeable future. FML
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hessel 13
even worse. my 5 year old nephew had the same experience. his teacher had the same assignment and got the whole class in tears because they all still believed in santa
dragonfyre73 4
My sisters are ten and they still believe, so that was a major bitchmove.
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Thunderstruck14 30
So basically you send your kid to school so that they can learn, and then get upset when the kid comes home after learning something new because it goes against some lies you told the kid when they were at home. If you want to raise your kid believing in things that aren't real, send them to a private school that teaches intelligent design.
Axel5238 29
That's terrible, but but there should be an age where the child is told if they haven't found out. Though eight is young to assume a kid knows santa isn't real.
liaRawr 9
My teacher also told me that Santa wasn't real when I was her age after he said it he realised what he just said I remember that day like it was yesterday
xxVampiresRulexx 14
Report her to the principle and/or the school board. That's messed up.
caligirllife 11
That's not a subject any teacher has the right to talk about
Jocgre 13
I wouldn't go as far as firing her...that's a bit extreme. I would complain to the principle.
theMISSFOXX 10
I would fire her she sounds like she did it on purpose. the subject has nothing to do with school. I'd ask them to take it out of the curriculum.
i_luv_dogs 10
The assignment was a bad idea. First off, the teacher should've made sure that everyone knew that Santa wasn't real. Also a more appropriate Assignment should have been: What do you want for Christmas? Or What do you do for the holidays? Honestly other than that I believe that kids should be told the truth when he/she is 10. At least in 4th grade. If you're in 5th grade going I middle school and still believe in Santa, you're just going to get teased or made fun of. If you're afraid of telling your kid, it's not going to ruin their childhood if they are 8 or 9. Younger, then maybe.
hamzor 5
As soon as I found out Santa wasn't real my parents stopped giving me Christmas presents >
dancincat 3
I'm glad my parents elected to tell me the truth from the start. I've seen kids become inconsolable after being told Santa isn't real. The magic of Christmas is in the spirit of Christmas. Not a magical man who lives in the clouds and hands out presents. Teach your kids THAT!!!
bbrynnaa 28
yes, don't just fill their heads with nonsense.
kokiri_kitty 9
When I was 7 my teacher just straight up told the whole class "I'm not going to lie to you like your parents are, but Santa isn't real."