Telling children white lies

Recently, I was involved in a survey about parents who tell children fibs. The Reader's Digest Survey found that three in four Australian parents told their children white lies. The most common fib was about the existence of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. These are fair enough. Let's maintain a fantasy world for kids I say. However many white lies were told to keep kids under control. The survery found that most of us were told white lies as children and we enjoy telling those same tales to our kids.

How does this fit with your view of parenting and your family?
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Flat Daddies

Flat Daddies, those life size cut out photos that are used by children of US
troops in Iraq as life size reminders of their absent dads, have received
negative press lately. I like them.
I can't see the harm in them. However there needs to be other strategies
used to keep their father's presence alive at home. Speaking about dad,
writing letters to him, reading correspondence from him and keeping photos
handy ars just a few simple ideas that can be used to keep an absent parent
in a child's mind.

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