…when you choose to lie to your kids (tell them a fib, deceive them, whatever) about the way something is or why a certain place is dangerous and that’s why they can’t go there, realize that they’re going to repeat this as truth to everyone they talk to.
And there are those irritatingly legalistic kids who are going to know the truth and tell your kids.
And those kids are mine, sadly.
And it’s not my fault you made up those stories.
Just don’t spill the beans about Santa to my kids. 
But I won’t blame your kids (or you) if they do.
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Who’s bubble did they burst now? And why do you feel it so necessary to be honest with them?
If I may be somewhat culturally insensitive… Knowing that you have a Mexican background (or at least assuming it (see first sentence)). Do you teach your children about the Chupacabra? How about celibrating the day of the dead and other Mexican (or wherever your family comes from) cultural events?
Dayz is always trying to save us from the Chupacabra. Of course she doesn’t seem lately to know the difference between it and a possum… That’s another story… Maybe I’ll see if she can blog about it.
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Jack: I don’t think they burst any bubble. Someone told their kid they couldn’t watch some show or something because it had all these scary parts or something, and it doesn’t. And my kids told them. And now the kid wants to know really why she couldn’t watch it. And it wasn’t even my perception of scary. It just wasn’t at all.
Rantz: Nope. Did a German tradition or two for a while, but nothing much anymore.
We still do several German and Southern US traditions here, but unfortunitly I don’t really know enough German to do too much… Which ones did you do? Anyone else know of any good ones? Are there any MidWest traditions we should be doing?