Two trailer park girls go 'round the outside, 'round the outside, 'round the outside.....
Never heard of elf on a shelf until this thread. Looks like it could be fun.
My DIL does it every year. This is their 4 yr. My grandkids love it. She posts pics on fb everyday.
Agreed
How is Elf on a Shelf teaching kids to lie?
I'm assuming, then, that your household has no Santa, no Tooth Fairy, no Easter Bunny and nothing you can't verify via physical and repeatable scientific methods, yes?
I'm assuming, then, that your household has no Santa, no Tooth Fairy, no Easter Bunny and nothing you can't verify via physical and repeatable scientific methods, yes?
We have had an Elf on the Shelf for the last few years. The wife moves the elf every night during the Christmas season to a different spot. The kids, 11 & 13, have even built traps to try and capture the elf.
Are there not enough naughty little gnomes in the world that we have to bring in perverted little elf's? 
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It's a complex issue. But it's partly due to the fact that kids learn to do what their parents do (i.e., social learning from role models). "Do as I say, not as I do" doesn't work.
I don't lie to my kids...Santa/Tooth Fairy/Easter Bunny/etc. included. "Everything" isn't based on physical/repeatable science, but we do approach life in an open-minded, evidence-based way. We present all perspectives on issues, then let the child make up their own mind. This does several things, including (a) it simplifies unnecessary complexities about life, (b) increases the child's curiosity and creativity, (c) increases the child's logic and reasoning ability, (d) increases the child's sense of personal responsibility, and (e) increases trust and respect between parent and child throughout the child's development and into adulthood.
