Santa isn't real?! No!

There comes a time in your child’s life that they just stop believing. Sorry but it’s true. They realize you’ve lied to them all these years. Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and hell, even ‘Jesus’. And no matter how much you try to keep their innocent minds into these fictional characters, well they figure it out! My son learned at a very young age that none of these things exist. And when he asked I told him the truth. “ You are right Nick, these things are all fake”. I explained to him that “Santa and the Easter Bunny” are mainly used to threatened your child to be good or else they won’t get anything for those holiday’s. And we have all done it. We have all held that over our kids heads, “if you aren’t good in school, Santa won’t bring you a present”! My kid straight up said to me one time, maybe 2-3 years ago (that’s how long he hasn’t believed) ‘mom I know you write Santa on the wrapping paper’. What was I going to do? Continue to lie to my kid! No! I told him he was right. Now I tell him “ay fool, if you are bad in school, you aren’t getting shizzle from me for your bday or xmas”! And it seems to work a lot better than lying to him about some non-existent character miraculously delivering gifts to the entire world in one night. I remember people telling me that I was mean for telling him the truth. That he is young and innocent and Santa and the Easter bunny are cute and fun. Yes I get that but I’m also a very different kinda mom. I’m very honest with my son even at his young age. I tell him like it is. Like when he says “I’m gonna be 9 mom, I am almost a teenager”. I then tell him “learn to wipe your nalgas the right way then talk to me about being a teenager”! And when he brings up how his friends talk about church or who they believe in, he asks me “is it ok if I don’t believe in ‘Jesus’ or a church?” Again, I tell him he doesn’t have to believe in anything that doesn’t seem right to him. Why would I force anything on him that I can’t even explain? I think he’s pretty sharp. Granted he’s my kid and of course I’m going to say that. But he says stuff that I didn’t think about when I was his age. He also says how we can’t be the only people in this galaxy and how aliens exist and are probably smarter than us. He once said he was going to work for NASA to prove Aliens exist. I explained to him that NASA or the government would probably have him sent to jail if he reveals the truth because those people don’t want the world to know. He said he would do it anyway. And if he did, I would be so proud of him! I don’t want his brain to be sheltered and caged in by the standards that we live in these days. No offense to you ‘elf on the shelf’ peeps but really?! I just cannot ever see myself doing that with my kid. He would probably laugh in my face! Instead I show him the chancla and tell him to be good that way! No manches! To each their own. And you should already know I will speak my mind. I raise my kid my way! I’m not really a sugar-coating kinda person. Not just in being a mom. But like in everything that comes out of my mouth! Nick will be the same way. He already is. And I get embarrassed sometimes but then I just realize he is speaking his mind. He isn’t lying. He’s not being rude he is just being truthful. Maybe he will be a writer one day!