Little White Lies that we tell our Kids

bexsta-star

I have a whole heap of little white lies that I tell my children (4 & 6) to keep me sane. Here are a few.

Ice Cream Man - not an ice cream man but a music man. This is a very kind person who drives round playing music to cheer up lonely people. My six year old still believes this one!

Fizzy water - not fizzy water but lemonade (saves the teeth if nothing else!)

Macdonalds and the local play centres (always dearer on Sat/Sun) are closed at weekends - what a shame!

Clocks can always be moved forward an hour if children are over-tired -oh look its 7.30 (not). Helps if you don't have the tv on for any points of reference.

Burgular Alarm Light - and this is the best - a special Father Christmas detector light. When it flashes Father Christmas has tuned in to see if my children are being good. This is a great wheeze as these lights are everywhere - Grandma and Grandads house, friends houses, shops, National Trust places, schools etc. And it works everytime - quick eat your dinner/get dressed/finish your homework/tidy up Father Christmas is watching you (a bit Orwellian I know but hey if it works!!!!).

Also on the Father Christmas line my children believe that you only get as many toys as your age + one more for being good. After all Father Christmas has a lot of pressies to hand out and can only carry so much. So this year the 4 year old will gets 5 pressies and the 6 year old 7. It sounds really mean but I have stuck by this formular for the last 4 years (I read it somewhere) and it has worked a treat. They get a stocking first thing with lots of little goodies -pens, stickers, sweets, bubble bath etc. After lunch they open the bigger gifts and have a great time. It is just enough, they play with everything they get and appreciate the gifts a lot more. Money given by family is usually placed into an account/CTF fund/Premium Bonds or used to buy an annual ticket for the Zoo or local Sealife Centre (we live close to Blackpool).

And again on that note don't take them shopping if you can help it, ban all
channels with adverts on and hide all catalogues. This way you don't get a long list of I want

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. Buy your pressies in the sales and suggest to them that Father Christmas might bring a garage, dolls parm etc. They soon think that it was their own idea and are perfectly happy on Christmas Day because they got what they think they asked for - kidology at its best.

These little white lies only really work if you start from day 1. They have a limited life spam however dd is in Year 1 and still does not suspect a thing. It also helps if other adults plays along. Has anyone else got any little white lies that make their lives a little bit easier. If so please post.

Pink.

Hi bexsta-star,

This is a good thread for the Families board, so I've moved it across for you.

Pink

Slapps

i tell my toddler that when the ice-cream van plays music it is telling everyone that it's run out.

like the idea of the father christmas is watching you, so may use that when he's old enough to understand a bit more

pinkshoes

my aunt and uncle used to record the music to The Archers as the kids associated it with bed time, so when they had people coming round and wanted to get hte kids asleep early, they'd just play the tape recording!

My parents used to tell me it was bad luck if I ever saw father christmas, and that he wouldn't leave any presents if i saw him. They also told me that our town was right at the end of his delivery schedule so he probably wouldn't get round to delivering til 7am, so I had to stay in bed til at least 7.30am!! I remember being too scared to get out of bed til I heard my parents get up, just incase I caught a glimpse and didn't get any presents!!

Andybez38

I tell mine the boogie man will get em if they don't eat there dinner.

across

from the kitchen i can see them in other rooms from a camera on the wall (its reallt just the alarm sensor!)but helps stop them squabbling and being naughty while making tea!

squibbs25

I've told mine that the web-cam is linked up to the boarding school for naughty children and when they are arguing the headmistress/ headmaster can see them.
I've also used it at dinner time on the odd occaison either one of them has played up at the dinner table!

Also a few years ago our ds wouldn't eat brown bread, so hubby went into a different room and phoned the house phone from his mobile and pretended to be the 'brown bread man' and told ds that he could see that he hadnt eaten his bread and he was very upset with him and that if he didnt eat his bread then he would have to come and take him away til he'd learnt to eat it! I've never seen him eat bread so quick! :rotfl:

kal25

on the xmas note We used to be told the lights on the power station tower was in fact santas spying camera and if it was on he was watching. I now tell my 2 lads exactly the same.

tomtombeanie

I thought my husband was the only one who uses the Father Christmas watching through the alarm sensor one! Glad to see he is not alone in his madness !

Our local ice cream van also plays music when all the ice cream is gone - how sad...

Still use the old faves from my childhood about your face staying that way if you pull a face, and your nose turning into a piggy nose if you pick it. Feel like most of what I say to my kids some days is a lie!

Fizog

I told my two the little cars outside supermarkets and inside in Morrisons, were always broken but they could go and sit in them till I'd packed up the shopping...
also when Mummies and Daddies were handed their new born babies or adopted children they were given a special piece of paper with Father Christmas' fax/phone/email number and parents must never disclose it to anyone..so when the stockings have been delivered to good children the parents know how much to pay Father Christmas! Oh yes we have to foot the bill for all those goodies the elves have made or purchased at ELC. My two swallowed that one as an explanation as to why they couldn't have an electric car and their cousin Robbie could, we had to pay the bill!
Ice cream vans harbour terrible germs so we only have ice cream out of the freezer at home.

silvercar

"I know you are not tired, but the TV/ computer/ playstation is very tired and needs to go to sleep now."