Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s nearly Christmas and I know, from my own experience and from watching my children grow up, these are days when doubts about ...

Should you tell your children the truth about Santa Claus? If so, when? What are the benefits for young minds in believing the myth of Kris Kringle? Often around the holidays, parents of young ...

Parents, friends, and relatives likely tell children over and over again that the things they see on TV aren’t real, and that Peter Rabbit, Elmo, and Harry Potter aren’t real animals, furry monsters, ...

Children are always looking for things to believe in: fairies, unicorns, mermaids, and of course Santa. For a holiday about joy and whimsical winter cheer, having a face for the holiday makes sense.

Who do children seek in December: parents, teachers, sisters, brothers? No. Santa Claus. Looking back, I, too, at first, wanted Santa Claus to visit on Christmas Eve. As I grew a bit older, I shifted ...

I was driving down South Walnut Street a few weeks ago and saw Santa Claus, yes, Mr. Claus himself, riding a three-wheeled bicycled down the sidewalk. Southbound. Entire Santa Suit, with black boots.

Parenting comes with a whole collection of unexpected plot twists, and the Santa conversation is definitely one of them. One day, your child is leaving cookies by the tree with detective-level ...