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Am I going mad or did the bananas post disappear?

I hope you worded it better than how you wrote it just now. I hope you don't have your four year old thinking "most parents like to tell lies to their kids" about everything. What a warped view if that is the message she gets from you.

My problem Jaycee, is the churches are stuffed full of money, but will not feed the poor people of their own faith. Not that confusing, is it?

You know, on thinking on this a bit more, something that really bothered me when it was happening, and still bothers me now, is the money spent on finishing the Anglican cathedral in the city. It was built around 100 years ago but the facade was not finished. About ten or more years ago, the...

Maybe I'm agnostic. Never have really understood the difference :), too lazy to look it up, and don't really care. I'm all for "live and let live". It is rather simplistic I suppose, and perhaps a cliche, but if there really is some god, why does he let children starve, why does he allow...

I certainly am not unsure, I feel quite sure that I don't believe in the God that the Catholics believe in. For that matter, there are so many different religions and faiths that it must be pretty crowded "up there" in heaven, don't you reckon? :D I believe in goodness but that belief is...

That pretty much sums up my feelings Ideo. I respect others' choices and hope they respect my choices.

I would consider myself a non-believer. I'm genuinely curious to know why "atheism is egotism to the point of the extreme". I'm not having a go, but quite curious about this statement. I also am puzzled about atheism giving an atheist "an inflated sense of self and superiority complex over...

My mother told me years ago about being in the car with my brother's wife, helping to mind five kids whilst his wife looked at houses. She was frustrated, tired and cranky. Kids were playing up, bored and not behaving well. One of the kids asked something about the Tooth Fairy. Brother's wife...

Vincenzo, I wanted to apologise if I upset you. I don't think you are a bad father. I have written more in the "can opener" thread (that sounds rather strange, doesn't it) instead of repeating it here.

Vincenzo, you said my reading was poor, but am I not reading this correctly? He is three years old. Why burst his bubble by telling him his colouring is messy? Did your parents do that to you?

I feel sad for your little chap because you tell him his colouring in is not up to scratch :( and he is only three.

That last post just makes me a bit sad for the little chap :(.

Of course :p:D.

Once our oldest was around 8 or 9 or even 10 (cannot remember exactly, but I was amazed at how long he believed or was not sure and didn't want to be told the truth). I do remember when he first asked, we asked him "do you believe he is real?" and he did, so we waited until after that...

What I meant by giving them their due is more that by the age of nine or ten when they know Santa is not real, they are old enough to know the reason behind the deception, and understand it was for their enjoyment. I know with my three boys, once we told them the truth, they were fine with it...

I was not trying to suggest that we try to convince our teenagers that Santa is real. Now you are being silly :p. I just think kids love the whole Santa, Bunny and fairy thing. Our boys loved following the trail of eggs around the house and it was probably when they were around nine or ten...

Without wanting to get lynched..... I'm curious about those who have said that "lying" about Santa and the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny think this will somehow harm their children and possibly teach them that lying is "normal". I remember reading in a few parenting books that lying is indeed...

I was looking for a birth certificate today and found this letter from my oldest boy (now 21).... "Dear tooth fairy as christmas is said to bring good luck, it was bad luck for me because today I lost two teeth and lost both of them in the pool and with the manual creepy-crawly Mum vacumed...