when my son was 6 I explained about Santa, two days later he came home and told me I was full of shit, he'd seen Santa at the mall .... this was wonderful, he w

when my son was 6 I explained about Santa, two days later he came home and told me I was full of shit, he'd seen Santa at the mall .... this was wonderful, he was thinking for himself, believing his own eyes over what others in authority were telling him .... I felt like I'd won (in small way) at parenting