Not to worry that my son no longer believes...

[Reallytired]

My son no longer believes in Father Christmas. His logic is.

His best friend who is a Hindu does not get presents from Father Christmas. According to my son his friend is extremely well behaved at school.

When Father Christmas visited the school he suspiciously looked like the caretaker. When Father Christmas visited Church he looked like the Church Warden.

The other day he said to me "I think Father Christmas is the mummies pretending." I told him to keeep the mummies secret. My sister in law thinks that I should have told him that father christmas is real as my son is five years old.

So it's okay if my little DC notice threads with words like "fanjo" and "fuck" in the title, but if they work out the truth about Father Christmas that's completely outrageous??
Er.... only on Mumsnet.

madamez your post was uncalled for and disgusting

....Knobhead, peed off, orgasm, making pirate noises when having sex -- I'd love to explain that last one to DD!

To the OP, YANBU. Your son was clever and observant, and you should be proud of that; you were right not to lie when he asked you outright.

To all who object to the thread title, YABU. It doesn't even mention FC, for heaven's sake. If we're going to have a rule that all thread titles should be suitable for 5 year olds to read, then that rules out thread titles mentioning miscarriage, abortion, domestic violence and much more that is worthy of discussion. If you are so paranoid about the idea that your children may one day discover that FC is not literally real, you should not be letting them near mumsnet.

The internet is a big scary place. There is a lot worst on the internet than someone saying their child does not believe in FC.

No decent parent lets a small child use the internet without some supervision.

Do you think that all threads on mumsnet should be suitable for five year olds? Is mumsnet an appriopate website for five year olds?

Frankly I think there is a problem if a 10 year old seriously believes in FC.

My son is putting up his stocking tonight. He is having fun.

You mean he isn't real???

aww nab3, has everyone spoilt it for you now

Totally.

I never had Christmas as a child. I once got a present of a tea set as someone had kindly donated it and I have never forgotten it.

Ds1 could read very well at 3. He believed in Santa till he was 10. And I don't interact with him every minute of every day. He would politely tell me to go away!

NAB

Er, can anyone actually READ? There is no mention of FC in the title AT ALL!!!

i don't understand what the problem is. it could be about anything. it could me AIBU that my son no longer believes me when i say maybe cos he knows it really means no. it could mean a number of things.

Clearly you havent read the thread ozy, else you'd have seen further down that MNHQ have removed the offending words...

thank you for deleting that post of madamez MNHQ

my partners sister whos 41 still belives as does her 12 year old daughter.

Personally, I don't see the problem. There are far worse words/thread titles on MN and because of this then my dd does not get to see anything that I am doing when I am posting on MN. And if I read the original title correctly there was no mention of Father Christmas ( as I said before).....and if your children are hovering round about surely it makes sense to log off until it is safe to post....I can't believe that this is being debated...I am sure there are far worse things in life to worry about!!!

Edam - "And it is downright barking for you to post on a parenting site objecting to parents posting on a parenting site"

Um... isn't that what you're doing to Reallytired?

Cannot believe that people are complaining about the ex-thread title when on any day MN will have titles with all kinds of rudeness in them (I assume that that was what Madamez's deleted post was full of - well, it proves the point - MN is not Kidsnet!)

Oh well, it's made me chuckle - people can get on their high horses about anything, can't they?

tjack - she believes in it at 41?????? Who buys her daughter's pressies then?

no, I didn't object to Reallytired posting i.e. the action of posting, I objected to her being downright rude i.e. the content of her post.

Wasn't how it read - sorry if I misinterpreted.

Still think you're all mad, however!

fwiw, I agree with reallytired's last post

uni fc of course lol

Just to add my bit - DD1 and 2 were uncertain at 5 or 6 years old, and definately knew 'the secret' by 7 years old. They actually enjoyed Christmas more after they enquired (and i told them the truth), because they were 'in on it'!

OMG I cannot believe what happened to this thread and they did bloody change the title...not sure whether to be PMSL or outraged at the ridiculous cesorship......it is father xmas FGS HE IS NOT REAL...ok and really guys if this is the most you are worried about damaging your kids go read some other threads