\u2018Grinch\u2019 mom under fire on TikTok for telling 4 year old son Santa \u201cisn\u2019t real\u201d TikTok and CanvaTikTok mom Charlie Hayes has broken the golden rule of childhood \u2014 disclosing the secret of Santa Claus to her four-year-old son, Jasper. The \u2018grinch\u2019 mother told him Santa \u201cisn\u2019t real\u201d, and the child proceeded to tell everyone at school about it, with everyone having a laugh about it. With the holidays creeping around the corner, the beloved international super star, Santa Claus, comes back into the conversation. Many used to celebrate his magical gift giving, but parents are now wondering if its really okay to deceive their children in such a way. TikToker Charlie \u2018churchofstrawberry\u2019 Hayes expressed her opinions on the matter. \u201cSo basically as a mum, I don\u2019t do Santa. I think it\u2019s bullsh*t,\u201d she mentions in the beginning of the video. She continues on, listing out her reasons: \u201cOne, I wanna get credit for the presents. Two, I don\u2019t want Jasper thinking Santa Claus is scum or what, the rich kids get better presents. No, the parents buy them. Three, I don\u2019t want to deal with the heartbreak of finding out Santa isn\u2019t real at a later date after lying to him his entire life.\u201d Her reasoning here makes logical sense, but people had more issues with the latter part of the story. \u201cChristmas will always be magical for him, because he never had any bullsh*t surrounding the event. So I\u2019m quite factual with him, and told him Santa was actually based on Saint Nicholas, who lived a hundred years ago,\u201d Hayes shared. But since the kid has a basic understanding of lifespan, he therefore knew that Saint Nicholas has since passed. \u201cThis f**ker keeps telling all the kids at school that Santa is dead. I\u2019m so sorry if your kid goes to school with my kid,\u201d Hayes admitted towards the end of the video. Commentors shared their own opinion on the matter: \u201cIt\u2019s completely up to you how you go about it with your child, however when it\u2019s ruining it for other kids I think that\u2019s unfair,\u201d one user stated. Another viewer provided an alternative solution: \u201cwe tell our kids \u2018mommy and daddy buys the presents and Santa delivers them like an Amazon man with magic.’\u201d The alternative handles the money and present comparison issues that arise, but still relies on deception to keep the magic alive. There is no real perfect answer, but that is often the case when it comes to parenting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Grinch\u2019 mom under fire on TikTok for telling 4 year old son Santa \u201cisn\u2019t real\u201d TikTok and CanvaTikTok mom Charlie Hayes has broken the golden rule of childhood \u2014 disclosing the secret of Santa Claus to her four-year-old son, Jasper. The \u2018grinch\u2019 mother told him Santa \u201cisn\u2019t real\u201d, and the child proceeded to tell everyone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}