Schoolteacher tell kids there's no Santa!

I suppose the teacher was inclined to think that 11 year olds were mature enough to be told the truth. However, I feel it is up to the parents to decide when to tell the children. I personally think the parents themselves should tell the children, otherwise it might seem to the children that the teacher is telling them that their parents have been lying to them all these years, and undermining the trust of the children in their parents.

It's the parent's place to tell them but usually by 11 they know.

thats disgusting..i cant believe someone did that. its definitely the parents right to tell them.

I agree completely. It isn't a teacher's place to decide when other people's children should be told about Santa. Schools are taking way too many liberties with children these days. It's insane. Bad teacher! 20 minutes in the corner!

I think the teacher is right. Is there a real Santa in the world? I don't think so. but anyway, ignore me, I am Asian. not so familiar about the western world and culture.

As a former teacher myself, I find this very offensive. I don't believe that teachers have a right to impose their beliefs on their students in any way, shape or form. Children should be allowed to BE children for as long as possible, and that includes enjoying the fantasy of Santa.

This made me so mad when i read it.speaking from a personal stand point..i was 8 yrs old and my teacher broke my heart when she told me that ther was no Santa,.,I was devastated!! I cried for weeks,,and my mom was so hot and mad!! she called furious and yelled at her..and i have heard of teachers still doing it.,I think its wrong an dthey have no place at all to tell a child that HUGE SECRET...and those teachers should get punished somehow,,i feel realy sorry for those children that had this hsappen to them..

Teachers as well as parents have the responsibility to tell the truth, to lead children to believe in fairy tales is unhealthy. Truth hurts but truth makes us free. I also do not think that it is right to avoid the question, when children ask questions, they expect to get honest answers. I usually answer children who are inquisitive with another question, "Do you actually believe that Santa would come down the chimney with Rudolf the reindeer flying in the sky?" They are more discerning than we think they are. Note: Since we live in a tropical place, houses here do not have chimneys and fireplaces.

Oh I would have been furious . That was so not her right and she must have had a bunch of parents going after her as a result of this . It is not up to her to decide when a child should be told . It is up to us the parents to make this decision . I don't understand why we have to trust these people so much as it is against the law not to send your child to school but if you don't agree with something they do we are unable to get rid of them without going through the school board and endless stuff . If we hired somone to watch our children we would hire someone we liked and trusted , someone we believe was doing right by our children , someone who was willing to do what we asked and to treat our children as we would if we were home yet when it comes to school we have no say in any of this . If you don't like the teacher you have to suffer it out along with your child .

I agree with you BittyBiddy. When I was a child I believed in Babbo Natale (The Italian for Santa) and I was very happy when I found his gifts under my X-mas tree. A friend of mine told me the terrible truth: Babbo Natale does not exist, he is only a nonsense. I came back home desperate crying and I remember that my mother was very angry when I told her the reason why I was crying. But my friend was young like me, so my mother didn't say anything to him, he did nothing wrong, he was just a little child. Instead a teacher is an adult and he/she should know how Babbo Natale can be important for children. These teachers are really unfeeling, children need phantasy, dreams....

And it's not so much, that Santa actually climbs down the chimney,it's the concept of the belief, in the giving of love, between one human being and another, that is important, and this is what this represents! And I know it's hard for other cultures to understand us, and vice-versa we have trouble understanding them, but we don't condemn them for that, out of human respect that some of us have! And also in response to telling the truth, the truth is what you believe in, be it material or immaterial, that is what makes a human a human, what makes a christian a christian, what makes a buddhist, a buddhist, and what makes you, you !! And one should not impose their beliefs on others that have different beliefs! It doesn't matter if Santa is real or not, what's important is that,that ritual made me the compassionate, giving, loving, sharing, and understanding person that I am today, and I'm sure it implanted the same qualities in other outstanding human beings as well!