An expert knows just what you should say when they start asking questions...
– and that a famous"two-slit" experiment in physics all but proves he can visit so many children around the world in one night, provided he does so unseen. Oh, and proof that even the federal government even recognizes the jolly fellow? TheStill, it's an all-but-certain eventual rite of passage for kiddos to wonder about his magic and question his validity. Parents, most all of whom have grown up to be disbelievers themselves, are also concerned about deceiving their children .
When her kids were very little and in that first stage of more baseline understanding, Santa was simply a man in a red suit."He was the guy with the hat and he ate the cookies and the reindeer nibbled the carrots we left out and it was all fine," she said."But as they got older, we started talking more about the logic of it all."
"Remember to keep things as simple as possible and always refer back to the magic of giving," she said."Also, asking questions of your kids can give you a great idea where they are in their thinking." In general, though, if your child poses a question about Santa that you just can't rationalize, Geering's solution is to simply say:"It's a special kind of magic Santa has, isn't it? Do you ever feel that magic when you do something kind for others?"At some point, kids"stop believing" in Santa, usually somewhere between 7 and 10 years old.